Racine RYDE

Bus at Racine RYDE

Racine RYDE carried 986,289 bus boardings in FY2024 at $9.89 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Racine, WI
FY2024 boardings
986.3K
+0.7% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$9.89
+19.6% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$8.76
+18% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
11.5%
+11% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
3.28M
average trip 3.33 miles
Operating cost
$9.76M
Vehicles in service
29
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
13.76
71.7K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through July 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 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 986,289 3,284,342 71,702 $9,756,068 $9.89 $8.76 11.5% 29

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 Racine RYDE reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 986,289 3,284,342 913,724 71,702 $9,756,068 $1,119,887 $9.89 $8.76 11.5%
2023 979,690 3,267,168 916,097 72,896 $8,105,884 $837,993 $8.27 $7.42 10.3%
2022 562,384 1,459,015 926,135 75,318 $7,721,801 $813,977 $13.73 $12.28 10.5%
2021 463,652 1,437,321 912,753 73,734 $7,005,130 $583,832 $15.11 $13.85 8.3%
2020 624,708 1,931,510 897,794 74,338 $7,121,494 $352,559 $11.40 $10.84 5%
2019 952,741 2,956,649 944,917 77,144 $7,022,749 $928,133 $7.37 $6.40 13.2%
2018 1,074,596 3,292,739 953,388 76,660 $6,519,800 $988,222 $6.07 $5.15 15.2%
2017 1,128,650 3,524,190 953,544 76,737 $6,353,802 $1,024,246 $5.63 $4.72 16.1%
2016 1,172,205 3,659,134 957,132 77,010 $6,308,745 $1,079,727 $5.38 $4.46 17.1%
2015 1,270,611 4,312,348 955,820 76,910 $6,048,388 $1,153,093 $4.76 $3.85 19.1%