Ride Connection, Inc.

Bus at Ride Connection, Inc.

Ride Connection, Inc. carried 98,020 bus boardings in FY2024 at $20.64 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Portland, OR
← All of Ride Connection, Inc.
FY2024 boardings
98K
+15.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$20.64
+15.4% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$20.29
+16.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
1.7%
-25.4% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
259.8K
average trip 2.65 miles
Operating cost
$2.02M
Vehicles in service
8
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.94
24.9K 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 98,020 259,753 24,874 $2,023,494 $20.64 $20.29 1.7% 8

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 Ride Connection, Inc. reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 98,020 259,753 310,951 24,874 $2,023,494 $34,429 $20.64 $20.29 1.7%
2023 85,062 273,049 307,803 25,885 $1,521,796 $34,730 $17.89 $17.48 2.3%
2022 84,656 271,746 285,434 23,069 $1,177,383 $30,527 $13.91 $13.55 2.6%
2021 61,878 199,247 257,703 21,133 $1,137,050 $26,064 $18.38 $17.95 2.3%
2020 120,045 386,545 260,638 20,881 $991,202 $37,913 $8.26 $7.94 3.8%
2019 126,153 387,290 256,266 20,941 $765,406 $16,795 $6.07 $5.93 2.2%
2018 110,156 338,179 221,653 17,331 $740,636 $3,605 $6.72 $6.69 0.5%
2017 112,031 339,454 208,662 17,661 $735,030 — $6.56 — —
2016 843 — 8,518 375 $19,985 — $23.71 — —