Fort Collins Transfort

Bus at Fort Collins Transfort

Fort Collins Transfort carried 2,052,512 bus boardings in FY2024 at $6.75 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Fort Collins, CO
FY2024 boardings
2.05M
+28.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$6.75
-6.2% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
6.56M
average trip 3.2 miles
Operating cost
$13.9M
Vehicles in service
28
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
22.93
89.5K 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
Directly operated 2,037,255 6,512,606 82,952 $13,384,934 $6.57 26
Purchased transportation 15,257 45,218 6,544 $472,868 $30.99 2

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year Fort Collins Transfort reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 2,052,512 6,557,824 1,214,987 89,496 $13,857,802 $6.75
2023 1,600,864 5,989,910 1,118,177 82,364 $11,521,902 $7.20
2022 1,341,519 5,167,866 1,145,064 85,088 $10,881,738 $8.11
2021 1,000,960 4,278,462 1,202,446 90,781 $10,647,360 $1,559,667 $10.64 $9.08 14.6%
2020 1,176,513 4,739,476 1,079,302 86,211 $10,177,390 $1,923,594 $8.65 $7.02 18.9%
2019 3,019,417 9,202,175 1,334,464 101,885 $12,342,588 $1,758,791 $4.09 $3.51 14.2%
2018 2,938,958 9,248,452 1,345,092 102,137 $12,436,811 $1,693,987 $4.23 $3.66 13.6%
2017 2,868,589 8,835,894 1,309,297 100,085 $11,449,697 $1,893,464 $3.99 $3.33 16.5%
2016 2,679,568 10,520,511 1,309,340 96,962 $10,920,653 $2,049,285 $4.08 $3.31 18.8%
2015 2,270,482 6,762,449 1,198,536 89,949 $9,652,857 $1,741,489 $4.25 $3.48 18%