Mountain Line public transit

Vanpool at Mountain Line public transit

Mountain Line public transit carried 18,310 vanpool boardings in FY2024 at $5.31 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Flagstaff, AZ
FY2024 boardings
18.3K
+22.3% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$5.31
-13.2% nationwide $8.10
Subsidy per ride
$-2.40
-234.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
145.1%
+29.9% nationwide 71.2%
Passenger miles
733.9K
average trip 40.08 miles
Operating cost
$97.3K
Vehicles in service
11
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
6.48
2.8K 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 vanpool 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 18,310 733,866 2,827 $97,291 $5.31 $-2.40 145.1% 11

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 Mountain Line public transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 18,310 733,866 162,162 2,827 $97,291 $141,165 $5.31 $-2.40 145.1%
2023 14,972 596,593 134,965 2,350 $91,663 $102,394 $6.12 $-0.72 111.7%
2022 9,976 401,189 88,945 1,548 $64,022 $57,947 $6.42 $0.61 90.5%
2021 8,646 363,876 84,971 1,487 $67,657 $52,787 $7.83 $1.72 78%
2020 8,922 349,430 85,950 1,635 $31,242 $46,601 $3.50 $-1.72 149.2%
2019 9,720 568,134 161,428 2,746 $55,928 $52,135 $5.75 $0.39 93.2%
2018 7,383 470,910 157,072 2,717 $68,428 $49,769 $9.27 $2.53 72.7%
2017 9,044 526,826 152,872 2,715 $77,073 $34,082 $8.52 $4.75 44.2%
2016 2,488 149,691 50,770 938 $21,084 $9,648 $8.47 $4.60 45.8%
2015 255 8,330 3,742 92 $1,828 $7.17