Greater Attleboro-Taunton Regional Transit Authority

Bus at Greater Attleboro-Taunton Regional Transit Authority

Greater Attleboro-Taunton Regional Transit Authority carried 511,493 bus boardings in FY2024 at $18.90 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Taunton, MA
FY2024 boardings
511.5K
+13.3% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$18.90
-1% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$18.04
-0.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.6%
-4.4% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
2.19M
average trip 4.28 miles
Operating cost
$9.67M
Vehicles in service
37
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
7.9
64.8K 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 511,493 2,187,291 64,784 $9,668,271 $18.90 $18.04 4.6% 37

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 Greater Attleboro-Taunton Regional Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 511,493 2,187,291 1,284,331 64,784 $9,668,271 $442,268 $18.90 $18.04 4.6%
2023 451,465 2,046,033 1,092,315 59,826 $8,623,669 $412,788 $19.10 $18.19 4.8%
2022 383,375 1,844,011 1,125,861 60,931 $8,056,300 $401,762 $21.01 $19.97 5%
2021 312,763 1,505,688 1,208,861 63,959 $6,718,809 $272,689 $21.48 $20.61 4.1%
2020 543,996 2,619,632 1,513,646 81,606 $7,919,772 $566,840 $14.56 $13.52 7.2%
2019 716,680 3,448,477 1,660,468 88,518 $7,955,679 $810,251 $11.10 $9.97 10.2%
2018 729,007 3,717,936 1,639,502 92,591 $7,839,302 $540,501 $10.75 $10.01 6.9%
2017 764,345 4,053,531 1,644,608 95,538 $7,463,083 $634,542 $9.76 $8.93 8.5%
2016 832,193 4,577,509 1,692,692 93,842 $7,126,962 $739,335 $8.56 $7.68 10.4%
2015 847,563 4,346,430 1,589,099 91,019 $7,076,718 $686,429 $8.35 $7.54 9.7%