County of Howard
Bus at County of Howard
County of Howard carried 269,010 bus boardings in FY2021 at $44.40 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.
Bus
Ellicott City, MD
FY2021 boardings
269K
-45.6%
vs FY2020
Cost per ride
$44.40
+113.5%
nationwide $10.42
Subsidy per ride
$43.63
+118.7%
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
1.7%
-57.2%
nationwide 9%
Passenger miles
1.46M
average trip 5.44 miles
Operating cost
$11.9M
Vehicles in service
23
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.82
95.5K hours operated
Ridership
Monthly data through December 2021.
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, FY2021
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 | 269,010 | 1,462,711 | 95,532 | $11,944,492 | $44.40 | $43.63 | 1.7% | 23 |
Safety and reliability
For this service alone.
Events by year
Complete calendar years only
Full series
Every year County of Howard reported this service.
| Year | Boardings | Passenger miles | Revenue miles | Revenue hours | Operating cost | Fares | Cost / ride | Subsidy / ride | Fare recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 269,010 | 1,462,711 | 1,355,638 | 95,532 | $11,944,492 | $207,555 | $44.40 | $43.63 | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 494,604 | 2,761,458 | 1,195,029 | 85,536 | $10,284,874 | $417,890 | $20.79 | $19.95 | 4.1% |
| 2019 | 652,106 | 3,521,372 | 1,336,288 | 93,393 | $10,595,834 | $548,100 | $16.25 | $15.41 | 5.2% |
| 2018 | 676,178 | 5,747,733 | 1,215,995 | 82,129 | $7,928,856 | $550,353 | $11.73 | $10.91 | 6.9% |
| 2017 | 836,886 | 7,113,804 | 1,181,796 | 91,634 | $4,313,552 | $666,557 | $5.15 | $4.36 | 15.5% |
| 2016 | 951,029 | 8,105,794 | 1,202,477 | 82,241 | $4,625,435 | $700,096 | $4.86 | $4.13 | 15.1% |
| 2015 | 1,075,052 | 9,468,413 | 1,247,321 | 79,902 | $6,813,668 | $810,758 | $6.34 | $5.58 | 11.9% |