Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation

Bus at Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation

Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation carried 349,143 bus boardings in FY2024 at $14.08 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Dover, NH
FY2024 boardings
349.1K
+30.3% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$14.08
-13.6% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$13.09
-14.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
7%
+10.5% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
2.34M
average trip 6.71 miles
Operating cost
$4.92M
Vehicles in service
11
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
9.02
38.7K 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 349,143 2,342,750 38,729 $4,916,354 $14.08 $13.09 7% 11

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 Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 349,143 2,342,750 641,515 38,729 $4,916,354 $344,636 $14.08 $13.09 7%
2023 268,022 1,798,428 574,321 33,766 $4,368,793 $277,273 $16.30 $15.27 6.3%
2022 242,413 2,012,028 580,673 33,274 $4,194,689 $257,688 $17.30 $16.24 6.1%
2021 227,364 1,887,121 861,479 45,898 $4,399,439 $258,261 $19.35 $18.21 5.9%
2020 257,138 2,135,043 578,465 35,028 $4,089,625 $415,546 $15.90 $14.29 10.2%
2019 402,521 3,345,497 597,899 38,988 $3,981,427 $714,685 $9.89 $8.12 18%
2018 402,053 3,338,308 627,311 40,736 $3,886,686 $690,079 $9.67 $7.95 17.8%
2017 439,761 3,654,640 650,850 41,941 $3,816,284 $672,193 $8.68 $7.15 17.6%
2016 459,531 3,818,703 672,908 42,552 $3,724,514 $724,600 $8.11 $6.53 19.5%
2015 471,759 3,920,768 690,817 43,131 $3,555,582 $696,102 $7.54 $6.06 19.6%