Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority

Commuter Bus at Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority

Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority carried 79,211 commuter bus boardings in FY2017 at $13.91 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Saint Petersburg, FL
FY2017 boardings
79.2K
-9.7% vs FY2016
Cost per ride
$13.91
-30.5% nationwide $11.23
Subsidy per ride
$11.76
-37% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
15.4%
+127.2% nationwide 50.9%
Passenger miles
853.9K
average trip 10.78 miles
Operating cost
$1.1M
Vehicles in service
7
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
7.63
10.4K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through September 2017.

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 commuter 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, FY2017

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 79,211 853,895 10,383 $1,101,943 $13.91 $11.76 15.4% 7

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

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
2017 79,211 853,895 221,132 10,383 $1,101,943 $170,231 $13.91 $11.76 15.4%
2016 87,683 660,626 221,838 10,420 $1,755,826 $119,378 $20.02 $18.66 6.8%
2015 97,228 1,003,393 222,304 10,425 $1,766,922 $243,896 $18.17 $15.66 13.8%