Red Rose Transit Authority
Bus at Red Rose Transit Authority
Red Rose Transit Authority carried 1,911,095 bus boardings in FY2016 at $4.72 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.
Bus
Lancaster, PA
FY2016 boardings
1.91M
-0.8%
vs FY2015
Cost per ride
$4.72
+0.2%
nationwide $4.37
Subsidy per ride
$3.44
+0.7%
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
27%
-1.3%
nationwide 24%
Passenger miles
8.87M
average trip 4.64 miles
Operating cost
$9.01M
Vehicles in service
34
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
17.67
108.1K hours operated
Ridership
Monthly data through November 2016.
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, FY2016
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 | 1,911,095 | 8,867,481 | 108,144 | $9,013,283 | $4.72 | $3.44 | 27% | 34 |
Safety and reliability
For this service alone.
Events by year
Complete calendar years only
Full series
Every year Red Rose Transit Authority reported this service.
| Year | Boardings | Passenger miles | Revenue miles | Revenue hours | Operating cost | Fares | Cost / ride | Subsidy / ride | Fare recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1,911,095 | 8,867,481 | 1,568,042 | 108,144 | $9,013,283 | $2,430,687 | $4.72 | $3.44 | 27% |
| 2015 | 1,926,379 | 8,938,399 | 1,471,650 | 109,766 | $9,068,274 | $2,476,580 | $4.71 | $3.42 | 27.3% |