Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation

Vanpool at Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation

Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation carried 124,995 vanpool boardings in FY2024 at $6.28 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Greensboro, NC
FY2024 boardings
125K
+15.5% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$6.28
-0.8% nationwide $8.10
Subsidy per ride
$2.29
-19.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
63.5%
+15.9% nationwide 71.2%
Passenger miles
8.66M
average trip 69.32 miles
Operating cost
$785.3K
Vehicles in service
34
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
5.3
23.6K 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 vanpool 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 124,995 8,664,451 23,588 $785,329 $6.28 $2.29 63.5% 34

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 Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 124,995 8,664,451 1,373,691 23,588 $785,329 $498,752 $6.28 $2.29 63.5%
2023 108,266 6,642,750 1,079,018 19,622 $685,591 $375,648 $6.33 $2.86 54.8%
2022 56,681 3,578,598 457,763 10,548 $435,342 $179,509 $7.68 $4.51 41.2%
2021 68,565 4,274,479 489,039 15,543 $453,491 $229,370 $6.61 $3.27 50.6%
2020 202,617 8,468,876 1,148,129 26,901 $627,209 $531,535 $3.10 $0.47 84.7%
2019 237,003 13,289,152 1,401,770 33,608 $808,948 $653,591 $3.41 $0.66 80.8%
2018 242,429 13,705,397 1,426,656 31,717 $821,134 $581,109 $3.39 $0.99 70.8%
2017 260,790 13,192,660 1,455,260 30,281 $762,760 $561,576 $2.92 $0.77 73.6%
2016 266,584 13,262,716 1,341,833 29,278 $734,933 $539,387 $2.76 $0.73 73.4%
2015 246,229 10,428,775 1,030,105 23,096 $772,072 $563,872 $3.14 $0.85 73%