Middlesex County

Bus at Middlesex County

Middlesex County carried 217,751 bus boardings in FY2018 at $8.87 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus New Brunswick, NJ
← All of Middlesex County
FY2018 boardings
217.8K
-12.5% vs FY2017
Cost per ride
$8.87
+18.9% nationwide $4.92
Subsidy per ride
$8.61
+19.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.9%
-21.3% nationwide 22.1%
Passenger miles
2.43M
average trip 11.18 miles
Operating cost
$1.93M
Vehicles in service
13
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
7.35
29.6K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through December 2018.

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, FY2018

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 217,751 2,433,770 29,623 $1,931,809 $8.87 $8.61 2.9% 13

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Middlesex County reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2018 217,751 2,433,770 387,925 29,623 $1,931,809 $56,972 $8.87 $8.61 2.9%
2017 248,764 2,779,319 434,849 29,831 $1,856,331 $69,529 $7.46 $7.18 3.7%
2016 285,069 3,141,610 500,749 33,655 $1,880,742 $91,182 $6.60 $6.28 4.8%
2015 314,179 0 577,934 34,857 $1,924,724 $92,762 $6.13 $5.83 4.8%