Delmarva Community Transit

Bus at Delmarva Community Transit

Delmarva Community Transit carried 51,031 bus boardings in FY2023, the latest year it reported any, at $22.52 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Cambridge, MD
FY2023 boardings
51K
+3.1% vs FY2022
Cost per ride
$22.52
+54.6% nationwide $8.45
Subsidy per ride
$20.59
+70.4% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
8.6%
-49.8% nationwide 11.2%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.15M
Vehicles in service
11
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.36
15.2K hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

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, FY2023

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 51,031 — 15,205 $1,148,966 $22.52 $20.59 8.6% 11

Full series

Every year Delmarva Community Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 — — — — — — — — —
2024 — — — — — — — — —
2023 51,031 — 352,824 15,205 $1,148,966 $98,484 $22.52 $20.59 8.6%
2022 49,491 — 315,005 13,432 $720,865 $123,023 $14.57 $12.08 17.1%
2021 45,404 — 308,417 17,577 $584,221 $64,527 $12.87 $11.45 11%
2020 70,245 — 377,064 21,492 $820,814 $84,957 $11.69 $10.48 10.4%
2019 83,202 — 415,004 23,702 $768,645 $105,487 $9.24 $7.97 13.7%
2018 83,145 — 408,191 23,327 $961,781 $107,610 $11.57 $10.27 11.2%
2017 95,961 — 428,497 24,086 $786,965 $104,333 $8.20 $7.11 13.3%
2016 90,473 — 471,557 24,422 $810,906 $152,485 $8.96 $7.28 18.8%
2015 86,119 — 429,718 23,819 $1,335,920 $108,498 $15.51 $14.25 8.1%