Lodi GrapeLine

Bus at Lodi GrapeLine

Lodi GrapeLine carried 207,951 bus boardings in FY2025 at $14.08 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Lodi, CA
FY2025 boardings
208K
+11.7% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$14.08
-14.3% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$13.73
-14.4% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.5%
+5.1% nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$2.93M
Vehicles in service
8
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
9.22
22.6K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through May 2017.

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 207,951 — 22,555 $2,928,895 $14.08 $13.73 2.5% 8

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Lodi GrapeLine reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 207,951 — 273,515 22,555 $2,928,895 $73,939 $14.08 $13.73 2.5%
2024 186,184 — 258,568 21,712 $3,061,088 $73,501 $16.44 $16.05 2.4%
2023 168,641 — 244,214 20,785 $2,902,728 $67,453 $17.21 $16.81 2.3%
2022 144,763 — 223,247 20,098 $2,438,464 $58,139 $16.84 $16.44 2.4%
2021 83,564 — 154,987 13,171 $2,216,340 $44,683 $26.52 $25.99 2%
2020 213,278 — 228,662 19,330 $2,255,202 $79,615 $10.57 $10.20 3.5%
2019 255,652 — 265,229 22,415 $2,345,837 $155,089 $9.18 $8.57 6.6%
2018 270,503 — 260,803 22,790 $2,207,408 $164,129 $8.16 $7.55 7.4%
2017 272,990 — 259,734 22,511 $1,944,395 $156,811 $7.12 $6.55 8.1%
2016 250,757 705,573 245,241 22,453 $1,766,560 $152,054 $7.04 $6.44 8.6%
2015 249,004 707,706 246,866 22,378 $1,728,424 $149,251 $6.94 $6.34 8.6%