Merrimack Valley Transit

Commuter Bus at Merrimack Valley Transit

Merrimack Valley Transit carried 1,188 commuter bus boardings in FY2023 at $32.04 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Haverhill, MA
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FY2023 boardings
1.2K
-64.5% vs FY2022
Cost per ride
$32.04
-43.4% nationwide $23.65
Subsidy per ride
$28.69
-46.4% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
10.4%
+93.3% nationwide 25.9%
Passenger miles
32.1K
average trip 27 miles
Operating cost
$38.1K
Vehicles in service
1
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
6.29
189 hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through September 2022.

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 commuter 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, FY2023

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 1,188 32,076 189 $38,058 $32.04 $28.69 10.4% 1

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 Merrimack Valley Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2023 1,188 32,076 3,225 189 $38,058 $3,970 $32.04 $28.69 10.4%
2022 3,347 90,369 17,175 1,008 $189,496 $10,227 $56.62 $53.56 5.4%
2021 0 0 0 0 $38,322 — — — —
2020 39,049 1,054,323 54,515 3,352 $291,012 $210,367 $7.45 $2.07 72.3%
2019 60,822 1,650,309 82,175 4,850 $518,655 $339,811 $8.53 $2.94 65.5%
2018 60,763 1,648,708 91,620 5,495 $528,633 $343,035 $8.70 $3.05 64.9%
2017 63,104 1,714,761 100,693 5,905 $563,870 $374,548 $8.94 $3.00 66.4%
2016 65,627 1,781,016 105,271 5,961 $569,781 $409,700 $8.68 $2.44 71.9%
2015 64,035 1,767,796 85,642 5,139 $420,017 $402,967 $6.56 $0.27 95.9%