Peoria CityLink

Bus at Peoria CityLink

Peoria CityLink carried 1,776,363 bus boardings in FY2024 at $14.63 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Peoria, IL
FY2024 boardings
1.78M
+2.3% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$14.63
+20.7% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$14.03
+22.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.1%
-25.7% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
8.76M
average trip 4.93 miles
Operating cost
$26M
Vehicles in service
40
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
11.81
150.4K 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 1,776,363 8,764,441 150,410 $25,983,147 $14.63 $14.03 4.1% 40

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 Peoria CityLink reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 1,776,363 8,764,441 2,069,102 150,410 $25,983,147 $1,058,897 $14.63 $14.03 4.1%
2023 1,736,010 8,695,365 2,130,459 124,578 $21,035,170 $1,153,705 $12.12 $11.45 5.5%
2022 1,539,326 7,555,300 2,128,576 121,079 $22,143,326 $1,006,301 $14.39 $13.73 4.5%
2021 1,779,437 9,995,436 2,011,861 110,499 $22,938,386 $504,802 $12.89 $12.61 2.2%
2020 2,227,154 13,407,467 2,027,800 112,172 $21,901,791 $1,105,604 $9.83 $9.34 5%
2019 2,581,334 15,746,137 2,007,158 110,071 $24,168,505 $1,520,291 $9.36 $8.77 6.3%
2018 2,685,742 16,383,026 2,002,904 109,464 $17,957,051 $1,621,219 $6.69 $6.08 9%
2017 2,711,720 16,541,492 2,032,661 111,799 $17,734,327 $1,582,189 $6.54 $5.96 8.9%
2016 3,028,220 20,682,743 2,030,607 111,655 $17,499,944 $1,700,255 $5.78 $5.22 9.7%
2015 3,420,705 23,363,415 2,007,776 110,754 $17,973,567 $1,615,991 $5.25 $4.78 9%