Oklahoma City EMBARK

Ferryboat at Oklahoma City EMBARK

Oklahoma City EMBARK carried 1,340 ferryboat boardings in FY2025 at $466.43 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Ferryboat Oklahoma City, OK
FY2025 boardings
1.3K
-41.4% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$466.43
+9.2% nationwide $17.28
Subsidy per ride
$460.72
+9.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
1.2%
-6.9% nationwide 26.8%
Passenger miles
10.1K
average trip 7.54 miles
Operating cost
$625K
Vehicles in service
1
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.73
490 hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 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 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, FY2025

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 1,340 10,102 490 $625,021 $466.43 $460.72 1.2% 1

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 Oklahoma City EMBARK reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 1,340 10,102 1,951 490 $625,021 $7,661 $466.43 $460.72 1.2%
2024 2,286 15,832 3,224 807 $976,647 $12,861 $427.23 $421.60 1.3%
2023 1,815 3,884 3,335 840 $870,129 $14,583 $479.41 $471.38 1.7%
2022 1,600 3,420 3,419 818 $835,689 $13,636 $522.31 $513.78 1.6%
2021 0 0 0 0 $88,962 — — — —
2020 3,571 8,493 1,553 420 $516,734 $13,291 $144.70 $140.98 2.6%
2019 3,696 9,615 2,405 591 $617,142 $10,002 $166.98 $164.27 1.6%
2018 8,870 21,082 3,650 901 $756,885 $24,525 $85.33 $82.57 3.2%
2017 13,356 30,343 4,259 1,046 $775,127 $33,975 $58.04 $55.49 4.4%
2016 11,991 27,602 4,683 1,143 $805,930 $30,188 $67.21 $64.69 3.7%
2015 9,303 21,719 4,371 1,080 $892,672 $22,963 $95.96 $93.49 2.6%