Chief Executive Officer

Streetcar at Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer carried 1,319,565 streetcar boardings in FY2025 at $3.65 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Streetcar Tampa, FL
FY2025 boardings
1.32M
-0.3% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$3.65
+46.3% nationwide $7.98
Subsidy per ride
—
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
—
nationwide 6.9%
Passenger miles
1.79M
average trip 1.36 miles
Operating cost
$4.82M
Vehicles in service
5
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
56.46
23.4K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 2026.

This year against the last five

Same months on one axis, so seasonality does not read as a trend

Annual boardings

Ten-year series

Cost

This service against every streetcar operator in the country.

Cost per ride

This agency against the national figure for the same mode

Fare recovery

Share of operating cost covered by fares

Directly operated and purchased service, FY2025

NTD reports these separately. An agency that contracts a service out reports the contract price, which bundles costs a directly operating agency reports line by line.

Service Boardings Passenger miles Revenue hours Operating cost Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery Vehicles
Directly operated 1,319,565 1,789,854 23,373 $4,816,392 $3.65 — — 5

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year Chief Executive Officer reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 1,319,565 1,789,854 122,148 23,373 $4,816,392 — $3.65 — —
2024 1,323,715 1,745,533 128,446 24,778 $3,302,500 — $2.49 — —
2023 1,281,399 1,713,284 126,282 23,248 $2,994,370 — $2.34 — —
2022 1,107,584 1,516,343 123,616 22,487 $2,780,595 — $2.51 — —
2021 735,086 1,062,310 127,879 23,620 $2,638,487 — $3.59 — —
2020 580,397 762,728 113,969 21,475 $2,385,840 — $4.11 — —
2019 878,343 1,220,892 113,872 21,672 $2,256,938 — $2.57 — —
2018 424,302 690,084 65,410 12,367 $1,577,705 $322,716 $3.72 $2.96 20.5%
2017 280,601 497,426 72,745 13,444 $1,687,447 $538,478 $6.01 $4.09 31.9%
2016 286,685 504,470 66,163 12,293 $1,594,758 $566,665 $5.56 $3.59 35.5%
2015 288,285 522,410 67,018 12,453 $1,410,802 $563,797 $4.89 $2.94 40%