Nassau Inter County Express

Bus at Nassau Inter County Express

Nassau Inter County Express carried 21,787,293 bus boardings in FY2024 at $6.74 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Mineola, NY
FY2024 boardings
21.8M
+9% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$6.74
-0.4% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$5.21
-1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
22.7%
+2.1% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
118.6M
average trip 5.44 miles
Operating cost
$146.9M
Vehicles in service
243
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
26.52
821.6K 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
Purchased transportation 21,787,293 118,566,837 821,640 $146,926,589 $6.74 $5.21 22.7% 243

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 Nassau Inter County Express reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 21,787,293 118,566,837 8,576,333 821,640 $146,926,589 $33,398,382 $6.74 $5.21 22.7%
2023 19,994,905 110,452,545 8,525,140 801,391 $135,418,898 $30,144,240 $6.77 $5.27 22.3%
2022 17,708,909 100,897,781 8,373,637 790,899 $131,084,937 $27,082,211 $7.40 $5.87 20.7%
2021 15,230,994 87,920,162 8,016,539 719,876 $122,482,183 $24,395,225 $8.04 $6.44 19.9%
2020 14,263,561 83,766,799 7,813,194 697,327 $114,607,581 $19,940,264 $8.03 $6.64 17.4%
2019 23,791,024 136,184,970 8,368,550 730,540 $117,514,365 $39,500,416 $4.94 $3.28 33.6%
2018 22,980,391 126,842,031 8,251,889 711,705 $110,994,117 $40,195,813 $4.83 $3.08 36.2%
2017 25,244,195 142,962,144 8,481,315 719,352 $108,000,534 $43,112,212 $4.28 $2.57 39.9%
2016 26,902,007 150,113,199 9,232,412 779,772 $113,485,564 $44,831,859 $4.22 $2.55 39.5%
2015 27,180,291 151,337,450 9,577,008 791,771 $111,379,387 $45,054,332 $4.10 $2.44 40.5%