Monterey-Salinas Transit

Commuter Bus at Monterey-Salinas Transit

Monterey-Salinas Transit carried 75,699 commuter bus boardings in FY2018 at $55.41 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Monterey, CA
FY2018 boardings
75.7K
+1.2% vs FY2017
Cost per ride
$55.41
-5.2% nationwide $12.03
Subsidy per ride
$39.18
-5.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
29.3%
+1.2% nationwide 48.5%
Passenger miles
3.06M
average trip 40.49 miles
Operating cost
$4.19M
Vehicles in service
6
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.17
23.9K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 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 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, 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 75,699 3,064,901 23,908 $4,194,362 $55.41 $39.18 29.3% 6

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Monterey-Salinas Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2018 75,699 3,064,901 768,473 23,908 $4,194,362 $1,228,508 $55.41 $39.18 29.3%
2017 74,804 3,028,664 871,180 26,420 $4,370,239 $1,264,987 $58.42 $41.51 28.9%
2016 81,461 3,290,210 849,172 25,532 $3,791,294 $1,218,080 $46.54 $31.59 32.1%
2015 74,209 2,997,288 663,268 20,791 $3,333,490 $919,504 $44.92 $32.53 27.6%