Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority

Ferryboat at Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority

Eastern Upper Peninsula Transportation Authority carried 877,244 ferryboat boardings in FY2024 at $4.74 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Ferryboat Sault Sainte Marie, MI
FY2024 boardings
877.2K
+2.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$4.74
-2.2% nationwide $16.88
Subsidy per ride
$2.02
-41% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
57.3%
+96.3% nationwide 25.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$4.16M
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
41.87
21K 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, 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 877,244 20,951 $4,155,556 $4.74 $2.02 57.3% 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
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%