Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority

Bus Rapid Transit at Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority

Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority carried 732,720 bus rapid transit boardings in FY2025 at $7.38 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Rapid Transit Saint Petersburg, FL
FY2025 boardings
732.7K
-3.7% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$7.38
+10.7% nationwide $5.43
Subsidy per ride
$6.74
+9.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
8.6%
+16.9% nationwide 10.6%
Passenger miles
2.87M
average trip 3.91 miles
Operating cost
$5.41M
Vehicles in service
7
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
19.11
38.3K 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 bus rapid transit 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
Directly operated 732,720 2,865,560 38,341 $5,405,029 $7.38 $6.74 8.6% 7

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 Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 732,720 2,865,560 509,058 38,341 $5,405,029 $465,221 $7.38 $6.74 8.6%
2024 761,145 3,130,962 498,135 37,419 $5,071,320 $373,259 $6.66 $6.17 7.4%
2023 1,058,158 4,031,582 466,384 33,306 $4,455,704 — $4.21 — —
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