Lubbock CITIBUS

Bus at Lubbock CITIBUS

Lubbock CITIBUS carried 2,289,837 bus boardings in FY2025 at $4.19 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Lubbock, TX
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FY2025 boardings
2.29M
-6.8% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$4.19
+2% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$2.00
-6.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
52.4%
+9% nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
4.93M
average trip 2.15 miles
Operating cost
$9.61M
Vehicles in service
60
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
21.02
108.9K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 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, 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
Directly operated 2,289,837 4,927,901 108,933 $9,605,452 $4.19 $2.00 52.4% 60

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 Lubbock CITIBUS reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 2,289,837 4,927,901 1,321,705 108,933 $9,605,452 $5,036,463 $4.19 $2.00 52.4%
2024 2,455,625 5,278,927 1,334,487 110,375 $10,101,164 $4,860,147 $4.11 $2.13 48.1%
2023 2,095,987 4,512,096 1,365,647 109,627 $9,254,053 $4,776,407 $4.42 $2.14 51.6%
2022 1,686,275 3,839,480 1,333,665 102,419 $9,081,785 $3,957,943 $5.39 $3.04 43.6%
2021 946,133 2,154,250 1,306,165 102,457 $8,090,101 $3,534,859 $8.55 $4.81 43.7%
2020 2,140,716 4,874,196 1,419,677 116,204 $8,794,274 $2,999,098 $4.11 $2.71 34.1%
2019 3,442,579 7,826,730 1,860,177 144,395 $9,480,353 $4,484,140 $2.75 $1.45 47.3%
2018 3,663,015 8,333,792 1,904,823 144,960 $9,339,067 $4,359,973 $2.55 $1.36 46.7%
2017 3,622,959 8,249,014 1,853,438 141,806 $8,950,994 $4,292,168 $2.47 $1.29 48%
2016 3,660,049 8,198,510 1,784,801 139,048 $8,441,046 $4,409,941 $2.31 $1.10 52.2%
2015 3,878,041 8,686,812 1,828,869 141,033 $8,612,634 $4,294,301 $2.22 $1.11 49.9%