McKinney Avenue Transit Authority

Streetcar at McKinney Avenue Transit Authority

McKinney Avenue Transit Authority carried 361,451 streetcar boardings in FY2024 at $6.01 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Streetcar Dallas, TX
FY2024 boardings
361.5K
-2.4% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$6.01
+11.2% nationwide $7.99
Subsidy per ride
$5.93
+11.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
1.3%
-20.5% nationwide 6.5%
Passenger miles
435.1K
average trip 1.2 miles
Operating cost
$2.17M
Vehicles in service
4
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
23.43
15.4K 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 streetcar 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 361,451 435,102 15,426 $2,173,164 $6.01 $5.93 1.3% 4

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 McKinney Avenue Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 361,451 435,102 67,067 15,426 $2,173,164 $27,988 $6.01 $5.93 1.3%
2023 370,528 455,634 68,368 15,182 $2,003,265 $32,456 $5.41 $5.32 1.6%
2022 437,311 640,615 69,748 15,350 $1,898,291 $35,297 $4.34 $4.26 1.9%
2021 677,694 887,958 72,029 15,914 $1,778,343 $33,872 $2.62 $2.57 1.9%
2020 585,839 733,677 66,351 14,787 $1,344,295 $22,962 $2.29 $2.26 1.7%
2019 571,801 721,986 61,459 12,995 $1,364,200 $52,318 $2.39 $2.29 3.8%
2018 519,001 664,326 57,235 12,411 $1,029,479 $45,069 $1.98 $1.90 4.4%
2017 613,540 816,264 55,102 12,455 $1,078,934 $39,853 $1.76 $1.69 3.7%
2016 601,835 850,781 52,458 11,625 $1,093,600 $1.82
2015 634,589 817,489 64,577 12,330 $1,050,516 $1.66