Pima Association of Governments

Vanpool at Pima Association of Governments

Pima Association of Governments carried 44,184 vanpool boardings in FY2024 at $4.78 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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FY2024 boardings
44.2K
+27.1% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$4.78
-8.4% nationwide $8.10
Subsidy per ride
$-1.96
-37.7% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
141%
+10.8% nationwide 71.2%
Passenger miles
2.14M
average trip 48.52 miles
Operating cost
$211.2K
Vehicles in service
20
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
5.72
7.7K 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
Purchased transportation 44,184 2,143,649 7,726 $211,241 $4.78 $-1.96 141% 20

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
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%