Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority

Bus at Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority

Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority carried 4,591,507 bus boardings in FY2024 at $5.07 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Bridgeport, CT
FY2024 boardings
4.59M
-11.7% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$5.07
+15% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$4.10
-2.4% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
19.3%
+300.2% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
13M
average trip 2.83 miles
Operating cost
$23.3M
Vehicles in service
40
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
27.54
166.7K 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 4,591,507 12,993,965 166,725 $23,291,882 $5.07 $4.10 19.3% 40

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 Bridgeport Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 4,591,507 12,993,965 1,850,048 166,725 $23,291,882 $4,489,420 $5.07 $4.10 19.3%
2023 5,199,085 14,713,411 1,775,434 161,943 $22,927,242 $1,104,116 $4.41 $4.20 4.8%
2022 3,565,273 11,159,308 1,780,685 162,578 $20,187,564 $2,420,752 $5.66 $4.98 12%
2021 2,585,384 8,092,252 1,564,462 141,827 $18,357,070 $2,039,124 $7.10 $6.31 11.1%
2020 4,153,733 13,001,184 1,566,294 142,779 $18,048,523 $3,797,952 $4.35 $3.43 21%
2019 5,204,604 16,290,411 1,820,166 165,979 $17,079,153 $5,048,827 $3.28 $2.31 29.6%
2018 5,207,268 16,298,749 1,834,830 166,796 $16,371,316 $5,102,227 $3.14 $2.16 31.2%
2017 5,477,783 17,145,461 1,916,537 171,569 $17,896,468 $5,543,413 $3.27 $2.26 31%
2016 6,059,908 20,421,890 1,927,962 171,887 $18,874,710 $6,014,428 $3.11 $2.12 31.9%
2015 6,096,150 20,544,026 1,838,289 164,309 $19,169,852 $6,329,452 $3.14 $2.11 33%