Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council

Commuter Bus at Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council

Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council carried 310,595 commuter bus boardings in FY2017 at $8.73 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Weslaco, TX
FY2017 boardings
310.6K
+19.4% vs FY2016
Cost per ride
$8.73
+25.3% nationwide $11.23
Subsidy per ride
$8.71
+27.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
0.3%
-85.8% nationwide 50.9%
Passenger miles
2.11M
average trip 6.78 miles
Operating cost
$2.71M
Vehicles in service
26
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
7.57
41K 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 commuter 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, FY2017

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 310,595 2,105,426 41,019 $2,711,864 $8.73 $8.71 0.3% 26

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2017 310,595 2,105,426 1,048,531 41,019 $2,711,864 $7,112 $8.73 $8.71 0.3%
2016 260,176 1,256,960 1,130,529 36,075 $1,812,567 $33,383 $6.97 $6.84 1.8%
2015 200,169 0 701,507 32,725 $662,954 $47,861 $3.31 $3.07 7.2%