Green Bay Metro

Bus at Green Bay Metro

Green Bay Metro carried 804,666 bus boardings in FY2024 at $6.42 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Green Bay, WI
FY2024 boardings
804.7K
+6.1% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$6.42
-3.1% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$5.61
-4.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
12.6%
+10.2% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
3.13M
average trip 3.88 miles
Operating cost
$5.16M
Vehicles in service
15
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
18.16
44.3K 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 804,666 3,125,108 44,299 $5,163,714 $6.42 $5.61 12.6% 15

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 Green Bay Metro reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 804,666 3,125,108 649,584 44,299 $5,163,714 $648,371 $6.42 $5.61 12.6%
2023 758,383 2,315,823 657,256 43,735 $5,020,249 $571,923 $6.62 $5.87 11.4%
2022 681,502 2,182,889 758,549 50,973 $5,605,286 $636,138 $8.22 $7.29 11.3%
2021 495,371 1,579,651 736,872 50,285 $5,328,903 $558,115 $10.76 $9.63 10.5%
2020 526,958 1,678,112 751,164 58,333 $5,972,395 $373,146 $11.33 $10.63 6.2%
2019 1,292,700 3,820,927 1,200,093 86,880 $6,687,968 $667,692 $5.17 $4.66 10%
2018 1,275,835 3,765,143 1,183,482 79,606 $6,638,944 $710,404 $5.20 $4.65 10.7%
2017 1,242,910 3,917,626 1,119,880 77,319 $6,249,168 $709,595 $5.03 $4.46 11.4%
2016 1,323,000 3,612,848 1,136,885 79,406 $5,827,880 $896,921 $4.41 $3.73 15.4%
2015 1,394,851 3,815,118 1,110,014 77,547 $6,200,857 $899,771 $4.45 $3.80 14.5%