Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority

Ferryboat at Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority

Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority carried 847,122 ferryboat boardings in FY2025 at $5.19 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Ferryboat Sault Sainte Marie, MI
FY2025 boardings
847.1K
-3.4% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$5.19
+9.5% nationwide $17.28
Subsidy per ride
$2.38
+17.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
54%
-5.6% nationwide 26.8%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$4.39M
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
40.14
21.1K 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 ferryboat 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 847,122 — 21,105 $4,394,291 $5.19 $2.38 54% 3

Full series

Every year Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 847,122 — 29,556 21,105 $4,394,291 $2,374,895 $5.19 $2.38 54%
2024 877,244 — 30,272 20,951 $4,155,556 $2,379,646 $4.74 $2.02 57.3%
2023 858,490 — 30,720 21,360 $4,156,327 $1,212,277 $4.84 $3.43 29.2%
2022 824,802 — 28,551 20,105 $3,795,223 $1,497,840 $4.60 $2.79 39.5%
2021 838,664 — 31,302 21,795 $3,281,486 $1,179,302 $3.91 $2.51 35.9%
2020 755,423 — 26,548 18,103 $3,249,779 $993,697 $4.30 $2.99 30.6%
2019 857,422 — 29,864 18,988 $2,999,670 $1,502,875 $3.50 $1.75 50.1%
2018 817,824 — 29,864 18,988 $2,992,539 $1,496,270 $3.66 $1.83 50%
2017 821,333 — 30,210 19,208 $2,786,421 $1,393,210 $3.39 $1.70 50%
2016 828,478 — 28,197 18,197 $2,633,811 $1,309,270 $3.18 $1.60 49.7%
2015 770,490 — 27,769 19,634 $2,663,984 $1,328,781 $3.46 $1.73 49.9%