New Britain DATTCO

Bus at New Britain DATTCO

New Britain DATTCO carried 150,811 bus boardings in FY2024 at $9.68 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus New Britain, CT
FY2024 boardings
150.8K
-9.4% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$9.68
+16.9% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$9.27
+13.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.2%
+211.2% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
683K
average trip 4.53 miles
Operating cost
$1.46M
Vehicles in service
5
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
8.73
17.3K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 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 150,811 683,048 17,270 $1,459,418 $9.68 $9.27 4.2% 5

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 New Britain DATTCO reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 150,811 683,048 185,721 17,270 $1,459,418 $61,507 $9.68 $9.27 4.2%
2023 166,398 825,168 178,494 17,614 $1,377,946 $18,663 $8.28 $8.17 1.4%
2022 112,819 559,488 183,331 20,437 $1,161,536 $18,717 $10.30 $10.13 1.6%
2021 114,706 569,535 186,397 20,278 $987,642 $36,740 $8.61 $8.29 3.7%
2020 135,858 696,952 195,121 20,328 $1,047,066 $73,091 $7.71 $7.17 7%
2019 167,144 857,523 203,867 20,640 $1,127,924 $104,168 $6.75 $6.12 9.2%
2018 187,163 957,585 217,062 20,837 $1,314,949 $118,060 $7.03 $6.39 9%
2017 170,109 824,474 182,435 20,835 $1,128,820 $112,959 $6.64 $5.97 10%
2016 183,254 949,294 187,417 20,758 $935,487 $133,551 $5.10 $4.38 14.3%
2015 211,368 1,083,114 164,944 14,352 $788,162 $142,664 $3.73 $3.05 18.1%