Lafayette CityBus

Vanpool at Lafayette CityBus

Lafayette CityBus carried 848 vanpool boardings in FY2024 at $6.43 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Lafayette, IN
FY2024 boardings
848
vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$6.43
nationwide $8.10
Subsidy per ride
$2.36
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
63.2%
nationwide 71.2%
Passenger miles
10.5K
average trip 12.33 miles
Operating cost
$5.5K
Vehicles in service
1
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
13.68
62 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 vanpool 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
Purchased transportation 848 10,458 62 $5,450 $6.43 $2.36 63.2% 1

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 848 10,458 1,851 62 $5,450 $3,446 $6.43 $2.36 63.2%