Louisiana Gateway Port

Ferryboat at Louisiana Gateway Port

Louisiana Gateway Port carried 471,854 ferryboat boardings in FY2025 at $10.60 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Ferryboat Belle Chasse, LA
FY2025 boardings
471.9K
-25% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$10.60
+65.6% nationwide $17.28
Subsidy per ride
$10.23
+69.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.5%
-39% nationwide 26.8%
Passenger miles
235.9K
average trip 0.5 miles
Operating cost
$5M
Vehicles in service
2
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
52.62
9K 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 ferryboat 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 471,854 235,927 8,967 $5,000,844 $10.60 $10.23 3.5% 2

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 Louisiana Gateway Port reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 471,854 235,927 17,197 8,967 $5,000,844 $175,919 $10.60 $10.23 3.5%
2024 629,214 314,607 13,883 7,212 $4,027,851 $232,341 $6.40 $6.03 5.8%
2023 555,015 249,285 13,227 5,059 $3,698,646 $279,212 $6.66 $6.16 7.5%
2022 477,166 238,180 16,198 7,839 $3,607,212 $207,212 $7.56 $7.13 5.7%
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