Marin Transit

Bus at Marin Transit

Marin Transit carried 3,116,155 bus boardings in FY2025 at $10.38 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus San Rafael, CA
← All of Marin Transit
FY2025 boardings
3.12M
+10.4% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$10.38
-7% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$9.59
-5.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
7.6%
-13.6% nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
13.5M
average trip 4.32 miles
Operating cost
$32.4M
Vehicles in service
55
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
17.18
181.4K 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
Purchased transportation 3,116,155 13,461,790 181,352 $32,350,168 $10.38 $9.59 7.6% 55

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 Marin Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 3,116,155 13,461,790 2,502,022 181,352 $32,350,168 $2,458,663 $10.38 $9.59 7.6%
2024 2,823,735 12,198,535 2,512,741 181,316 $31,521,385 $2,772,993 $11.16 $10.18 8.8%
2023 2,648,326 11,440,768 2,642,268 182,308 $29,401,097 $2,638,732 $11.10 $10.11 9%
2022 2,255,862 12,700,503 2,844,726 183,510 $25,398,055 $2,275,959 $11.26 $10.25 9%
2021 1,429,586 8,048,569 2,792,082 188,568 $24,153,461 $1,515,780 $16.90 $15.84 6.3%
2020 2,423,027 13,641,642 2,272,524 175,850 $22,890,698 $2,548,223 $9.45 $8.40 11.1%
2019 2,978,991 12,189,124 2,316,247 180,039 $22,452,872 $3,204,135 $7.54 $6.46 14.3%
2018 3,001,619 12,281,711 2,300,458 180,238 $21,415,306 $3,227,240 $7.13 $6.06 15.1%
2017 2,925,522 11,970,345 2,307,555 178,049 $19,971,498 $3,158,617 $6.83 $5.75 15.8%
2016 3,031,450 12,312,979 2,166,258 156,803 $17,681,468 $3,225,379 $5.83 $4.77 18.2%
2015 3,252,116 13,209,269 2,133,375 152,801 $18,004,066 $3,333,646 $5.54 $4.51 18.5%