Davenport Citibus

Bus at Davenport Citibus

Davenport Citibus carried 634,771 bus boardings in FY2025 at $9.48 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Davenport, IA
FY2025 boardings
634.8K
+9.7% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$9.48
-18.7% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$9.11
-18.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.9%
-5.8% nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
1.85M
average trip 2.91 miles
Operating cost
$6.02M
Vehicles in service
15
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
12.28
51.7K 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 — — — $13,000 — — 17.8% —
Directly operated 634,771 1,847,317 51,675 $6,006,353 $9.46 $9.09 3.9% 15

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 Davenport Citibus reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 634,771 1,847,317 631,602 51,675 $6,019,353 $236,007 $9.48 $9.11 3.9%
2024 578,572 — 619,831 48,388 $6,744,961 $280,751 $11.66 $11.17 4.2%
2023 391,875 — 581,604 41,961 $6,588,368 $331,015 $16.81 $15.97 5%
2022 333,129 — 652,532 42,184 $6,394,922 $293,239 $19.20 $18.32 4.6%
2021 396,848 — 642,187 46,535 $6,779,953 $232,407 $17.08 $16.50 3.4%
2020 612,415 — 691,536 50,373 $6,781,392 $283,009 $11.07 $10.61 4.2%
2019 584,273 — 646,113 48,311 $6,468,603 $330,231 $11.07 $10.51 5.1%
2018 622,937 — 601,950 45,920 $5,996,742 $322,460 $9.63 $9.11 5.4%
2017 613,774 — 584,939 49,047 $5,981,372 $318,816 $9.75 $9.23 5.3%
2016 1,228,300 — 817,817 56,822 $6,025,735 $416,402 $4.91 $4.57 6.9%
2015 1,503,419 — 725,353 56,624 $7,200,708 $497,881 $4.79 $4.46 6.9%