Corridor Rides

Commuter Bus at Corridor Rides

Corridor Rides carried 89,111 commuter bus boardings in FY2024 at $12.14 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Cedar Rapids, IA
FY2024 boardings
89.1K
+11.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$12.14
-13% nationwide $24.52
Subsidy per ride
$9.54
-11% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
21.5%
-7.7% nationwide 25.3%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.08M
Vehicles in service
4
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
8.04
11.1K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through September 2022.

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 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, 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
Purchased transportation 89,111 11,088 $1,082,095 $12.14 $9.54 21.5% 4

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year Corridor Rides reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 89,111 346,158 11,088 $1,082,095 $232,389 $12.14 $9.54 21.5%
2023 80,171 339,526 11,132 $1,119,224 $260,284 $13.96 $10.71 23.3%
2022 67,944 1,628,109 344,894 11,395 $953,843 $154,986 $14.04 $11.76 16.2%
2021 44,072 386,240 11,264 $1,292,529 $121,991 $29.33 $26.56 9.4%