Moorhead MATBUS

Bus at Moorhead MATBUS

Moorhead MATBUS carried 380,934 bus boardings in FY2024 at $10.10 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Moorhead, MN
FY2024 boardings
380.9K
+1.6% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$10.10
+9.6% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$9.31
+11% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
7.8%
-13.2% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
1.36M
average trip 3.57 miles
Operating cost
$3.85M
Vehicles in service
8
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
11.59
32.9K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through December 2024.

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
Purchased transportation 380,934 1,359,291 32,857 $3,846,225 $10.10 $9.31 7.8% 8

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 Moorhead MATBUS reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 380,934 1,359,291 439,533 32,857 $3,846,225 $298,861 $10.10 $9.31 7.8%
2023 374,928 1,337,860 434,401 32,462 $3,454,868 $309,405 $9.21 $8.39 9%
2022 343,863 1,333,189 436,712 32,434 $3,235,736 $297,017 $9.41 $8.55 9.2%
2021 363,726 1,410,776 477,974 35,427 $2,936,632 $276,882 $8.07 $7.31 9.4%
2019 482,667 1,869,562 477,934 34,812 $2,478,901 $368,115 $5.14 $4.37 14.8%
2018 521,876 2,020,486 481,671 35,288 $2,328,370 $347,079 $4.46 $3.80 14.9%
2017 451,854 1,741,391 443,855 32,649 $2,139,606 $312,938 $4.74 $4.04 14.6%
2016 445,074 1,671,860 399,666 29,024 $1,923,970 $300,455 $4.32 $3.65 15.6%
2015 459,288 1,725,995 396,894 28,899 $1,964,125 $302,441 $4.28 $3.62 15.4%