City of Loveland Transit

Bus at City of Loveland Transit

City of Loveland Transit carried 129,983 bus boardings in FY2024 at $25.10 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Loveland, CO
FY2024 boardings
130K
+16.1% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$25.10
+3.3% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$24.80
+3.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
1.2%
+5.4% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
517.4K
average trip 3.98 miles
Operating cost
$3.26M
Vehicles in service
7
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
5.61
23.2K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through July 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 bus 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, FY2024

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 129,983 517,386 23,174 $3,262,721 $25.10 $24.80 1.2% 7

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 City of Loveland Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 129,983 517,386 411,371 23,174 $3,262,721 $38,530 $25.10 $24.80 1.2%
2023 111,971 445,691 347,828 18,523 $2,719,954 $30,488 $24.29 $24.02 1.1%
2022 89,996 426,609 310,768 17,066 $2,276,230 $32,535 $25.29 $24.93 1.4%
2021 72,999 346,042 273,319 15,524 $1,953,452 $29,031 $26.76 $26.36 1.5%
2020 68,999 327,080 263,598 15,464 $2,005,022 $23,252 $29.06 $28.72 1.2%
2019 110,313 522,924 254,801 15,092 $2,056,347 $78,643 $18.64 $17.93 3.8%
2018 95,470 457,301 225,184 13,250 $1,745,313 $50,021 $18.28 $17.76 2.9%
2017 96,660 458,168 183,678 10,779 $1,132,687 $79,429 $11.72 $10.90 7%
2016 106,983 620,501 181,106 10,679 $1,034,542 $32,814 $9.67 $9.36 3.2%
2015 120,882 667,073 184,164 10,699 $1,078,244 $69,313 $8.92 $8.35 6.4%