Columbia County Rider Transportation

Commuter Bus at Columbia County Rider Transportation

Columbia County Rider Transportation carried 6,963 commuter bus boardings in FY2025 at $69.70 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Saint Helens, OR
FY2025 boardings
7K
-6.1% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$69.70
+88.6% nationwide $24.15
Subsidy per ride
$67.32
+95.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.4%
-49.2% nationwide 26.5%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$485.3K
Vehicles in service
2
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
7.37
945 hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

Annual boardings

Ten-year series

Cost

This service against every commuter 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, 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
Purchased transportation — — — — — — — —
Directly operated 6,963 — 945 $485,330 $69.70 $67.32 3.4% 2

Full series

Every year Columbia County Rider Transportation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 6,963 — 28,800 945 $485,330 $16,605 $69.70 $67.32 3.4%
2024 7,417 — 30,296 947 $274,067 $18,469 $36.95 $34.46 6.7%
2023 10,401 — 60,764 1,853 $433,478 $24,034 $41.68 $39.37 5.5%
2022 11,375 — 91,631 2,802 $532,759 $23,115 $46.84 $44.80 4.3%
2021 11,602 — 148,342 4,503 $555,438 $7,384 $47.87 $47.24 1.3%
2020 35,408 — 194,188 6,397 $732,251 $65,774 $20.68 $18.82 9%
2019 53,324 — 241,755 7,753 $819,759 $105,476 $15.37 $13.40 12.9%
2018 73,702 — 568,583 20,450 $1,588,234 $216,939 $21.55 $18.61 13.7%
2017 68,062 — 543,073 17,854 $1,628,854 $252,574 $23.93 $20.22 15.5%
2016 68,877 — 442,643 14,768 $1,331,014 $288,993 $19.32 $15.13 21.7%
2015 83,983 — 365,641 14,056 $1,299,148 $300,101 $15.47 $11.90 23.1%