Ferryboat at North Carolina Department of Transportation -- Ferry Division
North Carolina Department of Transportation -- Ferry Division carried 1,377,381 ferryboat boardings in FY2024 at $35.82 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.
Ridership
This service reports annually.
Monthly boardings
NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.
Annual boardings
Ten-year series
Cost
This service against every ferryboat 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 | 1,377,381 | — | 36,831 | $49,339,958 | $35.82 | — | — | 17 |
Full series
Every year North Carolina Department of Transportation -- Ferry Division reported this service.
| Year | Boardings | Passenger miles | Revenue miles | Revenue hours | Operating cost | Fares | Cost / ride | Subsidy / ride | Fare recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,377,381 | — | 232,268 | 36,831 | $49,339,958 | — | $35.82 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,418,104 | — | 245,816 | 36,232 | $46,948,415 | — | $33.11 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,431,686 | — | 260,396 | 35,577 | $41,279,139 | — | $28.83 | — | — |
| 2021 | 10,217 | — | 16,836 | 944 | $946,692 | $37,568 | $92.66 | $88.98 | 4% |
| 2020 | 16,367 | — | 13,698 | 768 | $814,642 | $56,648 | $49.77 | $46.31 | 7% |
| 2019 | 11,592 | — | 6,804 | 294 | $365,768 | $10,732 | $31.55 | $30.63 | 2.9% |