Madison County Transit District

Vanpool at Madison County Transit District

Madison County Transit District carried 48,310 vanpool boardings in FY2024 at $22.90 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

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FY2024 boardings
48.3K
-7.6% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$22.90
+16.9% nationwide $8.10
Subsidy per ride
$18.17
+21.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
20.6%
-12.7% nationwide 71.2%
Passenger miles
2.33M
average trip 48.13 miles
Operating cost
$1.11M
Vehicles in service
31
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.68
13.1K 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
Directly operated 48,310 2,325,342 13,143 $1,106,066 $22.90 $18.17 20.6% 31

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 Madison County Transit District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 48,310 2,325,342 567,930 13,143 $1,106,066 $228,259 $22.90 $18.17 20.6%
2023 52,282 2,380,038 564,784 14,359 $1,023,788 $242,059 $19.58 $14.95 23.6%
2022 44,153 1,930,078 466,615 12,663 $1,028,414 $213,617 $23.29 $18.45 20.8%
2021 29,240 1,313,267 400,223 10,253 $894,382 $181,494 $30.59 $24.38 20.3%
2020 64,216 2,598,924 630,461 16,416 $955,736 $450,146 $14.88 $7.87 47.1%
2019 98,734 3,812,651 846,877 22,205 $1,179,386 $590,384 $11.95 $5.97 50.1%
2018 113,428 4,230,120 863,253 22,383 $1,113,209 $164,588 $9.81 $8.36 14.8%
2017 108,507 4,098,719 781,260 20,363 $1,043,959 $158,058 $9.62 $8.16 15.1%
2016 118,812 4,493,625 806,851 20,955 $1,140,385 $152,207 $9.60 $8.32 13.3%
2015 164,482 6,697,772 1,127,108 27,558 $1,306,762 $232,538 $7.94 $6.53 17.8%