Marietta CobbLinc

Bus at Marietta CobbLinc

Marietta CobbLinc carried 1,019,210 bus boardings in FY2024 at $29.02 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Marietta, GA
FY2024 boardings
1.02M
+29.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$29.02
-4.2% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$27.54
-1.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
5.1%
-31.9% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
4.85M
average trip 4.76 miles
Operating cost
$29.6M
Vehicles in service
53
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
4.82
211.4K 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 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
Purchased transportation 1,019,210 4,850,420 211,383 $29,574,060 $29.02 $27.54 5.1% 53

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 Marietta CobbLinc reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 1,019,210 4,850,420 3,126,415 211,383 $29,574,060 $1,506,143 $29.02 $27.54 5.1%
2023 788,761 3,753,714 3,089,963 206,813 $23,897,196 $1,786,505 $30.30 $28.03 7.5%
2022 934,924 4,449,300 2,974,458 206,727 $22,521,332 $1,811,628 $24.09 $22.15 8%
2021 1,230,761 5,868,612 3,044,790 215,141 $22,182,552 $1,419,875 $18.02 $16.87 6.4%
2020 1,655,758 8,111,643 3,017,129 211,555 $19,787,290 $1,721,077 $11.95 $10.91 8.7%
2019 2,143,489 10,931,793 2,676,504 176,408 $15,451,202 $2,859,837 $7.21 $5.87 18.5%
2018 2,152,593 10,978,224 2,605,470 176,846 $15,527,662 $3,457,135 $7.21 $5.61 22.3%
2017 2,337,909 12,089,636 2,637,771 171,445 $15,774,902 $4,486,043 $6.75 $4.83 28.4%
2016 2,453,365 12,621,200 2,354,049 148,764 $12,691,899 $4,579,421 $5.17 $3.31 36.1%
2015 2,817,783 14,534,170 2,257,569 141,413 $11,661,580 $4,372,768 $4.14 $2.59 37.5%