Friendly Rider

Bus at Friendly Rider

Friendly Rider carried 6,673 bus boardings in FY2020 at $14.71 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

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FY2020 boardings
6.7K
-27.4% vs FY2019
Cost per ride
$14.71
+132.4% nationwide $7.45
Subsidy per ride
$13.73
+146.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
6.7%
-45% nationwide 12.8%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$98.2K
Vehicles in service
1
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
5.22
1.3K 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 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
Directly operated 6,673 — 1,278 $98,192 $14.71 $13.73 6.7% 1

Full series

Every year Friendly Rider reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2020 6,673 — 32,795 1,278 $98,192 $6,543 $14.71 $13.73 6.7%
2019 9,187 — 44,098 1,785 $58,179 $7,047 $6.33 $5.57 12.1%
2018 9,611 — 45,637 1,838 $47,494 $7,381 $4.94 $4.17 15.5%
2017 9,904 — 42,613 1,934 $117,904 $9,757 $11.90 $10.92 8.3%
2016 70 — 153 14 $822 $36 $11.74 $11.23 4.4%