Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada

Bus Rapid Transit at Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada

Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada carried 4,864,728 bus rapid transit boardings in FY2016 at $1.67 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Rapid Transit Las Vegas, NV
FY2016 boardings
4.86M
+15% vs FY2015
Cost per ride
$1.67
-17.8% nationwide $3.00
Subsidy per ride
$0.87
-24.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
47.8%
+10.9% nationwide 32.2%
Passenger miles
22.9M
average trip 4.7 miles
Operating cost
$8.11M
Vehicles in service
23
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
50.79
95.8K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 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 rapid transit 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
Purchased transportation 4,864,728 22,871,232 95,779 $8,114,047 $1.67 $0.87 47.8% 23

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2016 4,864,728 22,871,232 1,062,129 95,779 $8,114,047 $3,879,475 $1.67 $0.87 47.8%
2015 4,229,237 18,167,193 968,708 120,405 $8,583,591 $3,699,178 $2.03 $1.15 43.1%