County of Maui

Bus at County of Maui

County of Maui carried 1,171,829 bus boardings in FY2024 at $10.70 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Wailuku, HI
FY2024 boardings
1.17M
-8.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$10.70
+9.1% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$10.32
+19.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.6%
-69.9% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
9.34M
average trip 7.97 miles
Operating cost
$12.5M
Vehicles in service
16
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
12.19
96.1K 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
Purchased transportation 1,171,829 9,342,304 96,117 $12,537,261 $10.70 $10.32 3.6% 16

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 County of Maui reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 1,171,829 9,342,304 1,350,083 96,117 $12,537,261 $445,652 $10.70 $10.32 3.6%
2023 1,276,817 9,652,737 1,382,883 97,376 $12,525,627 $1,477,870 $9.81 $8.65 11.8%
2022 1,082,852 8,186,361 1,402,303 97,632 $8,030,399 $1,329,318 $7.42 $6.19 16.6%
2021 833,497 6,301,237 1,279,492 93,145 $7,133,457 $977,841 $8.56 $7.39 13.7%
2020 1,341,219 10,139,616 1,295,066 92,951 $8,223,339 $1,679,062 $6.13 $4.88 20.4%
2019 1,632,230 12,336,394 1,359,647 86,797 $8,109,460 $2,078,319 $4.97 $3.70 25.6%
2018 1,729,716 13,073,252 1,395,662 86,737 $7,740,601 $2,185,200 $4.48 $3.21 28.2%
2017 1,879,072 14,202,090 1,368,747 84,240 $7,924,791 $2,254,002 $4.22 $3.02 28.4%
2016 2,005,198 16,452,538 1,342,591 85,828 $7,861,148 $2,350,224 $3.92 $2.75 29.9%
2015 2,149,501 21,495,000 1,420,666 84,001 $7,496,632 $2,143,901 $3.49 $2.49 28.6%