Pocono Pony

Bus at Pocono Pony

Pocono Pony carried 213,161 bus boardings in FY2024 at $17.92 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Swiftwater, PA
FY2024 boardings
213.2K
+11.9% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$17.92
-4.2% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$16.88
-4.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
5.8%
+5.6% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$3.82M
Vehicles in service
6
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
9.09
23.4K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 2022.

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 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
Directly operated 213,161 23,446 $3,820,334 $17.92 $16.88 5.8% 6

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 Pocono Pony reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 213,161 389,014 23,446 $3,820,334 $222,808 $17.92 $16.88 5.8%
2023 190,506 356,501 21,137 $3,565,521 $197,011 $18.72 $17.68 5.5%
2022 214,292 1,456,558 384,696 22,242 $3,325,078 $346,902 $15.52 $13.90 10.4%
2021 142,797 1,062,566 376,784 21,699 $3,051,208 $201,076 $21.37 $19.96 6.6%
2020 208,635 1,716,492 403,019 25,216 $3,217,964 $272,413 $15.42 $14.12 8.5%
2019 251,527 1,965,351 524,464 32,849 $3,484,907 $321,873 $13.86 $12.58 9.2%
2018 244,545 1,980,012 525,121 32,570 $3,348,329 $223,910 $13.69 $12.78 6.7%
2017 251,708 2,116,197 532,682 31,297 $3,262,407 $235,497 $12.96 $12.03 7.2%
2016 251,795 1,974,029 506,064 30,505 $2,933,509 $244,207 $11.65 $10.68 8.3%
2015 243,101 2,030,485 503,351 33,157 $2,945,695 $242,133 $12.12 $11.12 8.2%