Martin County

Bus at Martin County

Martin County carried 105,471 bus boardings in FY2024 at $22.61 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Stuart, FL
FY2024 boardings
105.5K
+13.9% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$22.61
-6.3% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$21.33
-6.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
5.6%
+5% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
684.3K
average trip 6.49 miles
Operating cost
$2.38M
Vehicles in service
7
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
4.38
24.1K 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 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 105,471 684,336 24,104 $2,384,516 $22.61 $21.33 5.6% 7

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 Martin County reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 105,471 684,336 450,804 24,104 $2,384,516 $134,687 $22.61 $21.33 5.6%
2023 92,568 589,616 446,170 23,929 $2,233,202 $120,093 $24.12 $22.83 5.4%
2022 79,450 495,948 440,114 23,636 $2,121,368 $97,667 $26.70 $25.47 4.6%
2021 63,422 388,068 448,557 24,094 $2,060,463 $78,655 $32.49 $31.25 3.8%
2020 80,275 487,021 425,469 22,703 $1,710,868 $48,536 $21.31 $20.71 2.8%
2019 91,775 624,404 384,649 21,245 $1,386,883 $92,877 $15.11 $14.10 6.7%
2018 76,118 494,336 358,614 20,756 $1,232,789 $69,933 $16.20 $15.28 5.7%
2017 60,477 475,143 269,165 15,951 $940,545 $48,209 $15.55 $14.75 5.1%
2016 45,605 332,935 251,063 15,149 $804,265 $40,551 $17.64 $16.75 5%
2015 38,320 401,312 225,884 15,186 $849,468 $33,476 $22.17 $21.29 3.9%