PGM VanGO

Bus at PGM VanGO

PGM VanGO carried 568,465 bus boardings in FY2024 at $12.95 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus La Plata, MD
FY2024 boardings
568.5K
+15.3% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$12.95
-6.8% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
4.55M
average trip 8 miles
Operating cost
$7.36M
Vehicles in service
17
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
8.22
69.1K 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
Purchased transportation 568,465 4,545,302 69,149 $7,363,486 $12.95 17

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 PGM VanGO reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 568,465 4,545,302 1,352,592 69,149 $7,363,486 $12.95
2023 492,846 3,941,248 1,304,011 66,795 $6,849,321 $13.90
2022 398,958 2,793,509 1,325,916 68,011 $5,970,846 $104,456 $14.97 $14.70 1.7%
2021 403,895 2,828,029 1,300,738 68,000 $6,315,299 $200,452 $15.64 $15.14 3.2%
2020 650,389 4,553,642 1,331,784 67,857 $6,026,571 $330,288 $9.27 $8.76 5.5%
2019 762,448 5,338,740 1,289,675 64,692 $5,419,079 $402,711 $7.11 $6.58 7.4%
2018 752,172 5,266,172 1,283,362 64,928 $6,083,508 $363,403 $8.09 $7.60 6%
2017 870,684 6,096,418 1,296,005 65,107 $5,064,425 $347,217 $5.82 $5.42 6.9%
2016 871,161 6,070,556 1,286,286 64,359 $4,923,024 $353,392 $5.65 $5.25 7.2%
2015 869,136 6,055,860 1,226,944 61,712 $5,006,462 $389,787 $5.76 $5.31 7.8%