El Paso Transportation Authority

Bus at El Paso Transportation Authority

El Paso Transportation Authority carried 143,823 bus boardings in FY2024 at $27.26 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus El Paso, TX
FY2024 boardings
143.8K
vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$27.26
nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$25.97
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.7%
nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$3.92M
Vehicles in service
12
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.34
43.1K 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 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
Purchased transportation 143,823 43,062 $3,921,017 $27.26 $25.97 4.7% 12

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year El Paso Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 143,823 829,395 43,062 $3,921,017 $185,328 $27.26 $25.97 4.7%