New Jersey Transit Corporation

Vanpool at New Jersey Transit Corporation

New Jersey Transit Corporation carried 196,458 vanpool boardings in FY2024 at $21.93 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Newark, NJ
FY2024 boardings
196.5K
-1.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$21.93
+1.9% nationwide $8.10
Subsidy per ride
$17.03
+2.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
22.3%
-3.4% nationwide 71.2%
Passenger miles
7.54M
average trip 38.4 miles
Operating cost
$4.31M
Vehicles in service
58
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
7.19
27.3K 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 196,458 7,543,130 27,320 $4,307,746 $21.93 $17.03 22.3% 58

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 Jersey Transit Corporation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 196,458 7,543,130 1,132,367 27,320 $4,307,746 $962,320 $21.93 $17.03 22.3%
2023 198,930 7,366,256 1,116,063 26,549 $4,281,646 $990,534 $21.52 $16.54 23.1%
2022 166,362 6,253,529 916,381 22,040 $3,158,657 $700,245 $18.99 $14.78 22.2%
2021 178,708 3,647,028 901,914 23,668 $2,987,453 $770,486 $16.72 $12.41 25.8%
2020 478,068 13,794,462 2,881,885 66,394 $8,271,706 $1,377,286 $17.30 $14.42 16.7%
2019 635,166 22,289,755 3,947,265 91,113 $9,265,043 $1,640,036 $14.59 $12.00 17.7%
2018 677,560 25,137,891 4,246,718 97,569 $9,389,667 $1,903,621 $13.86 $11.05 20.3%
2017 727,002 27,415,332 4,495,514 103,181 $10,043,909 $2,138,061 $13.82 $10.87 21.3%
2016 771,732 27,231,268 4,701,081 106,902 $12,207,787 $2,192,372 $15.82 $12.98 18%
2015 763,734 29,926,161 4,543,569 104,038 $11,131,599 $2,209,898 $14.58 $11.68 19.9%