Fort Bend County Public Transportation

Bus at Fort Bend County Public Transportation

Fort Bend County Public Transportation carried 3,425 bus boardings in FY2020 at $87.62 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Richmond, TX
FY2020 boardings
3.4K
-69.1% vs FY2019
Cost per ride
$87.62
+46.7% nationwide $7.45
Subsidy per ride
$87.10
+47.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
0.6%
-37% nationwide 12.8%
Passenger miles
15.5K
average trip 4.53 miles
Operating cost
$300.1K
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.34
2.6K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through January 2020.

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, FY2020

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 3,425 15,515 2,562 $300,111 $87.62 $87.10 0.6% 3

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Fort Bend County Public Transportation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2020 3,425 15,515 25,392 2,562 $300,111 $1,795 $87.62 $87.10 0.6%
2019 11,076 49,288 77,842 7,506 $661,693 $6,284 $59.74 $59.17 0.9%
2018 10,477 46,623 75,409 7,359 $634,369 $6,625 $60.55 $59.92 1%
2017 9,159 40,761 75,553 7,440 $577,971 $6,088 $63.10 $62.44 1.1%
2016 7,610 37,441 79,934 7,403 $535,064 $5,783 $70.31 $69.55 1.1%
2015 11,480 103,694 144,995 8,547 $702,279 $11,682 $61.17 $60.16 1.7%