Racine RYDE

Commuter Bus at Racine RYDE

Racine RYDE carried 24,311 commuter bus boardings in FY2025 at $54.94 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Racine, WI
FY2025 boardings
24.3K
-17.3% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$54.94
+25.8% nationwide $24.15
Subsidy per ride
$51.97
+27.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
5.4%
-19.7% nationwide 26.5%
Passenger miles
633.8K
average trip 26.07 miles
Operating cost
$1.34M
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.82
8.6K 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 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, 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 24,311 633,802 8,616 $1,335,765 $54.94 $51.97 5.4% 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 Racine RYDE reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 24,311 633,802 189,099 8,616 $1,335,765 $72,362 $54.94 $51.97 5.4%
2024 29,406 755,734 187,534 8,585 $1,284,459 $86,707 $43.68 $40.73 6.8%
2023 31,361 806,271 194,259 8,858 $1,284,834 $93,962 $40.97 $37.97 7.3%
2022 29,979 701,097 194,428 8,854 $1,146,456 $90,699 $38.24 $35.22 7.9%
2021 26,795 691,954 194,512 8,881 $1,101,949 $81,050 $41.13 $38.10 7.4%
2020 30,012 745,679 195,012 8,514 $1,082,322 $90,826 $36.06 $33.04 8.4%
2019 49,680 1,234,336 193,146 8,770 $1,061,633 $152,047 $21.37 $18.31 14.3%
2018 49,615 1,231,745 194,102 8,840 $1,037,263 $151,237 $20.91 $17.86 14.6%
2017 52,383 1,311,326 211,310 9,021 $1,030,177 $159,478 $19.67 $16.62 15.5%
2016 57,060 1,478,545 216,268 9,243 $1,043,370 $170,981 $18.29 $15.29 16.4%
2015 64,046 1,659,567 215,279 9,248 $1,004,038 $194,365 $15.68 $12.64 19.4%