Greater New Haven Transit District

Bus at Greater New Haven Transit District

Greater New Haven Transit District carried 3,964 bus boardings in FY2016 at $32.47 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Hamden, CT
FY2016 boardings
4K
+5% vs FY2015
Cost per ride
$32.47
+35.5% nationwide $4.37
Subsidy per ride
$31.59
+36.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.7%
-15.4% nationwide 24%
Passenger miles
9.8K
average trip 2.48 miles
Operating cost
$128.7K
Vehicles in service
2
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.8
1K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through April 2016.

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, FY2016

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 3,964 9,832 1,042 $128,694 $32.47 $31.59 2.7% 2

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Greater New Haven Transit District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2016 3,964 9,832 10,026 1,042 $128,694 $3,470 $32.47 $31.59 2.7%
2015 3,777 17,338 12,532 1,254 $90,514 $2,885 $23.96 $23.20 3.2%