City of Rome Transit Department

Bus at City of Rome Transit Department

City of Rome Transit Department carried 207,233 bus boardings in FY2024 at $10.17 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Rome, GA
← All of City of Rome Transit Department
FY2024 boardings
207.2K
+13.4% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$10.17
-6.6% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
—
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
—
nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
1.21M
average trip 5.86 miles
Operating cost
$2.11M
Vehicles in service
6
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
12.08
17.2K 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 207,233 1,214,500 17,154 $2,108,396 $10.17 — — 6

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 Rome Transit Department reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 207,233 1,214,500 271,310 17,154 $2,108,396 — $10.17 — —
2023 182,762 1,869,352 262,847 15,875 $1,990,199 — $10.89 — —
2022 144,089 691,627 284,589 15,803 $2,131,454 $23 $14.79 $14.79 0%
2021 78,494 377,556 264,082 14,775 $1,851,804 $40,373 $23.59 $23.08 2.2%
2020 78,940 379,780 259,637 15,422 $2,055,844 $56,188 $26.04 $25.33 2.7%
2019 1,089,575 4,995,157 517,305 30,841 $2,967,812 $661,707 $2.72 $2.12 22.3%
2018 1,067,020 4,891,750 509,719 28,839 $3,296,026 $646,283 $3.09 $2.48 19.6%
2017 1,094,830 5,019,658 497,970 31,538 $2,743,445 $667,277 $2.51 $1.90 24.3%
2016 1,138,769 5,253,882 499,985 33,319 $2,359,818 $685,678 $2.07 $1.47 29.1%
2015 1,084,712 5,004,481 492,515 32,357 $2,510,032 $743,746 $2.31 $1.63 29.6%