Lafayette CityBus

Bus at Lafayette CityBus

Lafayette CityBus carried 4,451,900 bus boardings in FY2024 at $3.23 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

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FY2024 boardings
4.45M
+1% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$3.23
+5.6% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$2.41
+3.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
25.4%
+7.6% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
11.7M
average trip 2.64 miles
Operating cost
$14.4M
Vehicles in service
43
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
33.92
131.2K 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 4,451,900 11,741,836 131,233 $14,397,800 $3.23 $2.41 25.4% 43

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 Lafayette CityBus reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 4,451,900 11,741,836 1,650,663 131,233 $14,397,800 $3,655,404 $3.23 $2.41 25.4%
2023 4,409,766 10,403,444 1,681,797 135,232 $13,500,249 $3,184,935 $3.06 $2.34 23.6%
2022 3,585,964 9,488,510 1,654,268 130,670 $13,759,199 $3,270,206 $3.84 $2.93 23.8%
2021 2,469,660 6,534,754 1,735,527 137,399 $12,075,088 $2,753,891 $4.89 $3.77 22.8%
2020 2,302,309 6,091,941 1,549,956 123,104 $11,042,922 $2,707,690 $4.80 $3.62 24.5%
2019 5,068,309 13,410,815 1,824,976 145,673 $11,073,821 $3,371,220 $2.18 $1.52 30.4%
2018 4,713,280 11,757,492 1,804,300 141,832 $10,662,976 $3,239,860 $2.26 $1.57 30.4%
2017 4,554,827 11,362,224 1,763,794 138,874 $10,889,046 $2,996,171 $2.39 $1.73 27.5%
2016 4,765,538 11,395,831 1,742,268 136,635 $10,896,233 $2,842,707 $2.29 $1.69 26.1%
2015 4,954,150 11,846,859 1,655,332 131,250 $10,469,825 $2,854,360 $2.11 $1.54 27.3%