Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Vanpool at Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Massachusetts Department of Transportation carried 222,418 vanpool boardings in FY2016 at $3.18 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Boston, MA
FY2016 boardings
222.4K
+11% vs FY2015
Cost per ride
$3.18
-33.4% nationwide $4.46
Subsidy per ride
$2.01
+74% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
37%
-51.3% nationwide 80%
Passenger miles
8.64M
average trip 38.84 miles
Operating cost
$708.2K
Vehicles in service
91
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
5.16
43.1K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 2016.

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, FY2016

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 222,418 8,638,548 43,112 $708,180 $3.18 $2.01 37% 91

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Massachusetts Department of Transportation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2016 222,418 8,638,548 1,711,788 43,112 $708,180 $261,862 $3.18 $2.01 37%
2015 200,450 8,067,198 1,362,665 34,143 $958,054 $726,923 $4.78 $1.15 75.9%