Community & Economic Development Department

Bus at Community & Economic Development Department

Community & Economic Development Department carried 149,093 bus boardings in FY2025 at $33.37 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Houston, TX
FY2025 boardings
149.1K
+26% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$33.37
+1.5% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$31.95
+1.7% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.3%
-3.9% nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
1.12M
average trip 7.5 miles
Operating cost
$4.98M
Vehicles in service
12
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.44
43.3K 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 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 149,093 1,118,198 43,322 $4,975,418 $33.37 $31.95 4.3% 12

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 Community & Economic Development Department reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 149,093 1,118,198 677,885 43,322 $4,975,418 $212,509 $33.37 $31.95 4.3%
2024 118,289 965,248 673,981 37,411 $3,889,262 $172,769 $32.88 $31.42 4.4%
2023 133,484 901,158 715,897 40,086 $3,583,014 $61,388 $26.84 $26.38 1.7%
2022 121,957 746,873 746,873 40,878 $2,871,968 $50,481 $23.55 $23.14 1.8%
2021 142,818 0 740,262 40,130 $2,704,851 $6,099 $18.94 $18.90 0.2%
2020 118,409 — 479,825 27,182 $1,973,525 $96,680 $16.67 $15.85 4.9%
2019 104,110 — 435,078 25,288 $1,985,916 $80,312 $19.08 $18.30 4%
2018 101,279 — 444,750 26,267 $1,770,182 $77,174 $17.48 $16.72 4.4%
2017 94,844 — 323,798 21,151 $1,441,117 $63,917 $15.19 $14.52 4.4%
2016 90,845 — 304,793 17,709 $1,365,535 $78,608 $15.03 $14.17 5.8%
2015 84,374 — 251,552 17,064 $1,313,111 $77,842 $15.56 $14.64 5.9%