MTA New York City Transit

Bus Rapid Transit at MTA New York City Transit

MTA New York City Transit carried 35,310,196 bus rapid transit boardings in FY2025 at $3.81 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Rapid Transit Brooklyn, NY
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FY2025 boardings
35.3M
+0.9% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$3.81
+5.4% nationwide $5.43
Subsidy per ride
$3.23
+6.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
15.2%
-5.8% nationwide 10.6%
Passenger miles
66.8M
average trip 1.89 miles
Operating cost
$134.4M
Vehicles in service
128
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
76.71
460.3K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 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 rapid transit 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, FY2025

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 35,310,196 66,797,655 460,330 $134,407,835 $3.81 $3.23 15.2% 128

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 MTA New York City Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 35,310,196 66,797,655 3,055,521 460,330 $134,407,835 $20,423,740 $3.81 $3.23 15.2%
2024 35,007,720 64,823,924 3,015,946 454,726 $126,388,340 $20,394,879 $3.61 $3.03 16.1%
2023 31,784,162 55,443,548 2,979,357 450,008 $112,504,538 $20,380,061 $3.54 $2.90 18.1%
2022 16,646,754 31,036,519 3,008,832 455,509 $104,396,745 $19,891,924 $6.27 $5.08 19.1%
2021 15,797,525 31,595,037 2,912,306 445,287 $105,138,303 $18,641,593 $6.66 $5.48 17.7%
2020 17,648,255 31,702,817 3,151,031 495,948 $108,653,094 $15,048,086 $6.16 $5.30 13.8%
2019 30,695,695 57,076,245 3,382,426 517,519 $103,071,355 $32,469,300 $3.36 $2.30 31.5%
2018 30,275,821 56,084,904 3,314,181 507,644 $101,139,444 $33,232,652 $3.34 $2.24 32.9%
2017 31,656,362 58,472,429 3,455,644 527,568 $99,445,139 $33,907,371 $3.14 $2.07 34.1%
2016 28,750,626 54,624,590 2,988,560 458,335 $96,791,239 $29,956,666 $3.37 $2.32 30.9%
2015 20,089,991 36,658,710 1,818,831 297,127 $48,051,662 $15,725,983 $2.39 $1.61 32.7%