Metro / Access

Streetcar at Metro / Access

Metro / Access carried 531,592 streetcar boardings in FY2019 at $6.58 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Streetcar Cincinnati, OH
FY2019 boardings
531.6K
+9.4% vs FY2018
Cost per ride
$6.58
-15.7% nationwide $4.44
Subsidy per ride
$5.90
-20.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
10.4%
+112.8% nationwide 18.9%
Passenger miles
844.2K
average trip 1.59 miles
Operating cost
$3.5M
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
34.76
15.3K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through December 2019.

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, FY2019

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 531,592 844,189 15,293 $3,500,384 $6.58 $5.90 10.4% 3

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Metro / Access reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2019 531,592 844,189 94,352 15,293 $3,500,384 $364,167 $6.58 $5.90 10.4%
2018 485,700 799,161 92,052 14,751 $3,794,491 $185,507 $7.81 $7.43 4.9%
2017 578,180 827,853 90,133 15,284 $3,732,465 $455,323 $6.46 $5.67 12.2%
2016 330,738 503,819 29,053 5,035 $2,074,409 $289,619 $6.27 $5.40 14%