Eastern Sierra Transit Authority

Commuter Bus at Eastern Sierra Transit Authority

Eastern Sierra Transit Authority carried 16,168 commuter bus boardings in FY2024 at $26.49 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Bishop, CA
FY2024 boardings
16.2K
+84.6% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$26.49
-45.9% nationwide $24.52
Subsidy per ride
$18.57
-54.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
29.9%
+73.3% nationwide 25.3%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$428.4K
Vehicles in service
5
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.7
4.4K 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 commuter 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
Directly operated 16,168 4,370 $428,352 $26.49 $18.57 29.9% 5

Full series

Every year Eastern Sierra Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 16,168 189,887 4,370 $428,352 $128,169 $26.49 $18.57 29.9%
2023 8,757 115,303 3,455 $429,077 $74,088 $49.00 $40.54 17.3%
2022 7,288 113,971 2,830 $311,888 $48,430 $42.79 $36.15 15.5%
2021 5,122 106,770 2,367 $237,175 $31,561 $46.31 $40.14 13.3%
2020 8,183 110,805 2,519 $253,355 $41,685 $30.96 $25.87 16.5%
2019 11,175 126,070 3,326 $291,951 $58,832 $26.13 $20.86 20.2%
2018 10,553 129,867 3,347 $309,100 $31,330 $29.29 $26.32 10.1%
2017 12,864 153,653 4,149 $340,260 $57,119 $26.45 $22.01 16.8%
2016 11,404 140,249 3,557 $347,515 $77,550 $30.47 $23.67 22.3%
2015 11,529 115,213 2,857 $257,952 $69,308 $22.37 $16.36 26.9%