Pima Association of Governments

Vanpool at Pima Association of Governments

Pima Association of Governments carried 39,325 vanpool boardings in FY2025 at $4.50 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Tucson, AZ
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FY2025 boardings
39.3K
-11% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$4.50
-5.9% nationwide $8.07
Subsidy per ride
$-1.50
+23.4% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
133.4%
-5.4% nationwide 73.2%
Passenger miles
1.89M
average trip 47.96 miles
Operating cost
$177K
Vehicles in service
16
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
5.65
7K 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 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, 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 39,325 1,886,157 6,966 $177,008 $4.50 $-1.50 133.4% 16

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 Pima Association of Governments reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 39,325 1,886,157 369,533 6,966 $177,008 $236,130 $4.50 $-1.50 133.4%
2024 44,184 2,143,649 409,315 7,726 $211,241 $297,943 $4.78 $-1.96 141%
2023 34,759 1,604,805 341,489 6,475 $181,362 $230,909 $5.22 $-1.43 127.3%
2022 24,945 1,062,212 229,218 4,385 $154,408 $172,478 $6.19 $-0.72 111.7%
2021 31,413 1,319,838 273,597 5,667 $154,346 $195,761 $4.91 $-1.32 126.8%
2020 49,467 2,221,697 376,022 9,018 $235,958 $288,117 $4.77 $-1.05 122.1%
2019 62,571 2,808,186 443,639 10,054 $232,305 $319,011 $3.71 $-1.39 137.3%
2018 55,025 2,532,310 435,642 9,654 $212,074 $312,133 $3.85 $-1.82 147.2%
2017 69,409 3,317,116 648,333 13,320 $374,857 $489,351 $5.40 $-1.65 130.5%
2016 76,066 3,771,031 682,115 14,029 $327,191 $621,508 $4.30 $-3.87 190%
2015 — — — — $58,025 $551,274 — — 950.1%