Placer County Transit/TART

Vanpool at Placer County Transit/TART

Placer County Transit/TART carried 3,074 vanpool boardings in FY2025 at $14.08 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Auburn, CA
FY2025 boardings
3.1K
+97.6% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$14.08
-31% nationwide $8.07
Subsidy per ride
$5.05
-66.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
64.2%
+141.5% nationwide 73.2%
Passenger miles
91.4K
average trip 29.74 miles
Operating cost
$43.3K
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
5.32
578 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 3,074 91,435 578 $43,297 $14.08 $5.05 64.2% 3

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 Placer County Transit/TART reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 3,074 91,435 28,029 578 $43,297 $27,787 $14.08 $5.05 64.2%
2024 1,556 47,938 19,337 408 $31,754 $8,440 $20.41 $14.98 26.6%
2023 2,064 63,589 24,931 497 $38,323 $9,240 $18.57 $14.09 24.1%
2022 3,227 109,428 47,780 984 $72,721 $11,930 $22.54 $18.84 16.4%
2021 5,253 178,129 75,972 1,806 $145,146 $24,567 $27.63 $22.95 16.9%
2020 18,082 613,161 177,051 4,090 $239,267 $67,566 $13.23 $9.50 28.2%
2019 23,930 811,466 229,098 5,140 $312,188 $69,295 $13.05 $10.15 22.2%
2018 22,520 763,653 211,609 4,806 $178,272 $72,753 $7.92 $4.69 40.8%
2017 24,541 833,033 220,309 4,976 $169,324 $68,460 $6.90 $4.11 40.4%
2016 29,189 1,159,971 250,910 5,380 $149,445 $87,619 $5.12 $2.12 58.6%
2015 31,811 1,264,169 241,718 5,785 $164,385 $80,200 $5.17 $2.65 48.8%