Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority

Bus at Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority

Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority carried 337,763 bus boardings in FY2024 at $13.49 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Wheeling, WV
FY2024 boardings
337.8K
+8.4% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$13.49
+2.1% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$12.66
+3.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
6.2%
-14.9% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
1.88M
average trip 5.57 miles
Operating cost
$4.56M
Vehicles in service
14
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
6.23
54.2K 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
Directly operated 337,763 1,879,992 54,205 $4,557,731 $13.49 $12.66 6.2% 14

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 Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 337,763 1,879,992 760,159 54,205 $4,557,731 $283,258 $13.49 $12.66 6.2%
2023 311,560 1,731,748 762,037 53,923 $4,117,868 $300,865 $13.22 $12.25 7.3%
2022 274,470 962,348 754,992 55,091 $3,881,570 $293,720 $14.14 $13.07 7.6%
2021 264,684 927,873 738,404 54,437 $4,168,701 $285,227 $15.75 $14.67 6.8%
2020 311,051 1,090,686 756,203 54,753 $4,048,220 $275,561 $13.01 $12.13 6.8%
2019 375,513 1,315,760 746,833 54,599 $3,902,653 $395,699 $10.39 $9.34 10.1%
2018 361,305 1,264,568 746,165 54,274 $3,766,276 $382,410 $10.42 $9.37 10.2%
2017 384,938 1,348,767 742,211 56,163 $3,741,065 $409,564 $9.72 $8.65 10.9%
2016 398,705 1,351,610 735,293 56,371 $3,846,007 $401,285 $9.65 $8.64 10.4%
2015 416,511 1,412,075 751,758 55,232 $3,621,132 $413,203 $8.69 $7.70 11.4%