Go COMO

Bus at Go COMO

Go COMO carried 621,662 bus boardings in FY2024 at $7.44 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Columbia, MO
FY2024 boardings
621.7K
-27.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$7.44
+65.3% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$6.19
+75.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
16.9%
-21.6% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
1.64M
average trip 2.64 miles
Operating cost
$4.62M
Vehicles in service
9
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
31.82
19.5K 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 621,662 1,639,594 19,539 $4,624,807 $7.44 $6.19 16.9% 9

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 Go COMO reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 621,662 1,639,594 227,317 19,539 $4,624,807 $779,328 $7.44 $6.19 16.9%
2023 854,411 2,136,028 221,864 19,995 $3,845,835 $826,757 $4.50 $3.53 21.5%
2022 1,043,315 2,606,553 405,631 36,615 $4,242,348 $1,106,114 $4.07 $3.01 26.1%
2021 500,287 1,380,651 305,287 22,663 $3,820,042 $837,494 $7.64 $5.96 21.9%
2020 448,364 1,236,724 364,228 26,855 $4,797,065 $1,055,673 $10.70 $8.34 22%
2019 1,055,726 2,907,108 611,718 60,663 $5,648,463 $1,393,034 $5.35 $4.03 24.7%
2018 1,252,788 3,078,604 749,135 75,684 $5,884,529 $1,443,516 $4.70 $3.54 24.5%
2017 1,516,367 3,728,732 840,157 81,298 $6,186,238 $1,508,501 $4.08 $3.08 24.4%
2016 1,300,298 3,473,995 808,648 80,249 $5,646,074 $1,510,908 $4.34 $3.18 26.8%
2015 1,642,520 4,652,672 807,384 78,364 $5,660,530 $1,657,084 $3.45 $2.44 29.3%