Durham GoTriangle

Vanpool at Durham GoTriangle

Durham GoTriangle carried 37,722 vanpool boardings in FY2024 at $11.35 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Durham, NC
FY2024 boardings
37.7K
+13.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$11.35
+5.6% nationwide $8.10
Subsidy per ride
$4.92
-11.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
56.6%
+16.8% nationwide 71.2%
Passenger miles
1.59M
average trip 42.2 miles
Operating cost
$428.1K
Vehicles in service
23
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
4.3
8.8K 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 vanpool 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 37,722 1,591,780 8,771 $428,147 $11.35 $4.92 56.6% 23

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
2024 37,722 1,591,780 396,348 8,771 $428,147 $242,451 $11.35 $4.92 56.6%
2023 33,329 1,144,790 290,669 6,702 $358,262 $173,712 $10.75 $5.54 48.5%
2022 28,669 971,817 234,044 5,213 $340,594 $159,175 $11.88 $6.33 46.7%
2021 24,457 888,995 218,259 5,015 $362,052 $124,883 $14.80 $9.70 34.5%
2020 75,504 2,472,247 480,078 13,176 $2,763,349 $357,799 $36.60 $31.86 12.9%
2019 163,492 4,420,380 631,632 18,870 $2,790,077 $363,070 $17.07 $14.84 13%
2018 197,476 5,398,318 733,708 21,527 $3,251,921 $493,307 $16.47 $13.97 15.2%
2017 221,198 6,070,881 803,422 23,162 $3,096,469 $539,851 $14.00 $11.56 17.4%
2016 260,140 7,340,355 889,337 25,239 $3,339,158 $573,153 $12.84 $10.63 17.2%
2015 310,394 9,156,285 1,050,463 29,318 $3,362,291 $714,518 $10.83 $8.53 21.3%