Harrisburg rabbittransit

Bus at Harrisburg rabbittransit

Harrisburg rabbittransit carried 2,499,936 bus boardings in FY2025 at $11.01 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Harrisburg, PA
FY2025 boardings
2.5M
+0.1% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$11.01
+13.5% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$9.71
+15.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
11.8%
-13.4% nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
11.5M
average trip 4.59 miles
Operating cost
$27.5M
Vehicles in service
79
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
10.55
236.9K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 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, FY2025

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 2,437,814 11,146,186 219,672 $26,289,281 $10.78 $9.48 12.1% 73
Directly operated 62,122 320,705 17,263 $1,241,368 $19.98 $18.80 5.9% 6

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 Harrisburg rabbittransit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 2,499,936 11,466,891 2,918,467 236,935 $27,530,649 $3,257,558 $11.01 $9.71 11.8%
2024 2,498,202 11,035,665 2,888,391 232,476 $24,241,473 $3,312,007 $9.70 $8.38 13.7%
2023 2,270,183 10,149,591 2,908,879 231,982 $22,275,882 $3,467,129 $9.81 $8.29 15.6%
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