City of Atlanta

Streetcar at City of Atlanta

City of Atlanta carried 387,978 streetcar boardings in FY2018 at $14.41 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Streetcar Atlanta, GA
← All of City of Atlanta
FY2018 boardings
388K
-3.3% vs FY2017
Cost per ride
$14.41
-8.5% nationwide $3.90
Subsidy per ride
$13.99
-10.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.9%
+158.9% nationwide 21.4%
Passenger miles
364.7K
average trip 0.94 miles
Operating cost
$5.59M
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
33.7
11.5K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 2018.

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, FY2018

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 387,978 364,699 11,512 $5,589,429 $14.41 $13.99 2.9% 3

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year City of Atlanta reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2018 387,978 364,699 58,080 11,512 $5,589,429 $160,794 $14.41 $13.99 2.9%
2017 401,198 379,151 57,952 12,048 $6,316,155 $70,171 $15.74 $15.57 1.1%
2016 686,722 577,094 63,298 13,101 $4,269,627 $182,522 $6.22 $5.95 4.3%
2015 392,906 447,912 26,817 8,697 $2,245,695 — $5.72 — —