Green Mountain Transit Authority

Commuter Bus at Green Mountain Transit Authority

Green Mountain Transit Authority carried 108,133 commuter bus boardings in FY2024 at $30.72 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Burlington, VT
FY2024 boardings
108.1K
+4.8% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$30.72
+9.2% nationwide $24.52
Subsidy per ride
$30.57
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
0.5%
nationwide 25.3%
Passenger miles
2.42M
average trip 22.36 miles
Operating cost
$3.32M
Vehicles in service
16
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
5.81
18.6K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 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 commuter 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 108,133 2,417,427 18,601 $3,321,333 $30.72 $30.57 0.5% 16

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 Mountain Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 108,133 2,417,427 527,311 18,601 $3,321,333 $15,330 $30.72 $30.57 0.5%
2023 103,149 2,304,106 531,081 18,087 $2,901,995 $28.13
2022 82,400 1,813,657 506,044 17,804 $2,605,941 $31.63
2021 52,080 1,130,783 458,645 16,432 $2,168,776 $41.64
2020 173,839 3,812,477 697,528 25,149 $2,879,095 $426,433 $16.56 $14.11 14.8%
2019 240,536 5,288,242 753,501 24,243 $3,415,560 $573,693 $14.20 $11.81 16.8%
2018 177,716 4,228,574 538,830 18,661 $2,566,013 $444,381 $14.44 $11.94 17.3%
2017 182,479 4,341,905 543,229 19,082 $2,507,974 $558,228 $13.74 $10.68 22.3%
2016 197,572 5,833,559 527,629 18,547 $2,237,632 $640,184 $11.33 $8.09 28.6%
2015 212,304 6,192,818 505,033 17,168 $2,354,297 $629,479 $11.09 $8.12 26.7%