Durham GoTriangle

Bus at Durham GoTriangle

Durham GoTriangle carried 1,447,108 bus boardings in FY2025 at $19.55 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Durham, NC
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FY2025 boardings
1.45M
-19.6% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$19.55
+39.9% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$18.31
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
6.4%
nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
13M
average trip 8.96 miles
Operating cost
$28.3M
Vehicles in service
50
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
11.4
127K 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
Directly operated 1,409,735 12,476,694 120,463 $27,217,266 $19.31 $18.03 6.6% 43
Purchased transportation 37,373 493,157 6,499 $1,069,912 $28.63 $28.54 0.3% 7

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 Durham GoTriangle reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 1,447,108 12,969,851 2,491,258 126,962 $28,287,178 $1,796,897 $19.55 $18.31 6.4%
2024 1,799,534 14,306,225 2,332,346 114,578 $25,152,498 — $13.98 — —
2023 1,583,586 12,904,897 2,026,512 100,778 $22,421,465 — $14.16 — —
2022 1,464,724 12,815,977 2,265,597 110,232 $21,825,070 $7,361 $14.90 $14.90 0%
2021 1,167,033 10,474,020 2,642,968 132,876 $22,452,552 $10,408 $19.24 $19.23 0%
2020 1,352,117 14,489,311 2,418,443 123,173 $19,424,994 $1,304,725 $14.37 $13.40 6.7%
2019 1,654,836 18,724,985 2,858,573 145,337 $21,866,617 $1,758,770 $13.21 $12.15 8%
2018 1,636,072 18,659,495 2,809,815 143,058 $21,112,953 $1,857,621 $12.90 $11.77 8.8%
2017 1,662,758 18,546,048 2,830,944 140,450 $20,474,344 $2,222,635 $12.31 $10.98 10.9%
2016 1,784,408 19,716,434 2,819,803 137,349 $19,617,937 $2,024,061 $10.99 $9.86 10.3%
2015 1,843,735 20,290,239 2,631,426 128,482 $19,297,671 $2,199,910 $10.47 $9.27 11.4%