Lee-Russell Public Transit and Phenix City Express

Bus at Lee-Russell Public Transit and Phenix City Express

Lee-Russell Public Transit and Phenix City Express carried 24,121 bus boardings in FY2024 at $6.32 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Opelika, AL
FY2024 boardings
24.1K
+19% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$6.32
-23.6% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$152.5K
Vehicles in service
4
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
5.75
4.2K hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

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 24,121 4,197 $152,541 $6.32 4

Full series

Every year Lee-Russell Public Transit and Phenix City Express reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 24,121 67,611 4,197 $152,541 $6.32
2023 20,271 67,596 4,192 $167,800 $8.28
2022 21,461 67,584 3,960 $135,774 $6.33
2021 20,689 63,440 3,904 $136,826 $6.61
2020 22,620 63,232 3,952 $129,097 $12,262 $5.71 $5.17 9.5%
2019 28,429 57,536 3,968 $134,409 $14,794 $4.73 $4.21 11%
2018 26,178 54,638 2,117 $157,888 $14,159 $6.03 $5.49 9%
2017 20,640 51,905 2,017 $133,828 $14,049 $6.48 $5.80 10.5%
2016 20,042 52,870 2,024 $93,330 $15,622 $4.66 $3.88 16.7%
2015 27,934 48,988 1,992 $111,030 $14,426 $3.97 $3.46 13%