Milford Transit District

Bus at Milford Transit District

Milford Transit District carried 241,427 bus boardings in FY2024 at $7.65 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Milford, CT
FY2024 boardings
241.4K
-5.7% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$7.65
+24.3% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$6.88
+15.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
10.1%
+229.5% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
1.26M
average trip 5.23 miles
Operating cost
$1.85M
Vehicles in service
6
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
12.45
19.4K 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 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, 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 241,427 1,263,468 19,385 $1,847,162 $7.65 $6.88 10.1% 6

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 Milford Transit District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 241,427 1,263,468 286,024 19,385 $1,847,162 $186,423 $7.65 $6.88 10.1%
2023 256,143 1,290,821 284,939 19,356 $1,577,171 $48,311 $6.16 $5.97 3.1%
2022 178,739 900,452 287,759 19,460 $1,531,539 $91,938 $8.57 $8.05 6%
2021 157,956 795,704 286,416 19,604 $1,471,496 $80,239 $9.32 $8.81 5.5%
2020 237,206 1,194,116 287,166 19,734 $1,364,320 $209,784 $5.75 $4.87 15.4%
2019 264,589 1,331,860 285,876 19,354 $1,351,953 $186,231 $5.11 $4.41 13.8%
2018 279,326 1,388,473 290,638 19,634 $1,415,783 $200,562 $5.07 $4.35 14.2%
2017 320,763 1,594,445 300,168 20,473 $1,448,346 $231,086 $4.52 $3.79 16%
2016 364,450 1,630,274 299,814 21,302 $1,629,931 $258,374 $4.47 $3.76 15.9%
2015 376,174 1,656,037 288,164 21,494 $1,552,895 $259,971 $4.13 $3.44 16.7%