Roaring Fork Transportation Authority

Bus Rapid Transit at Roaring Fork Transportation Authority

Roaring Fork Transportation Authority carried 1,136,080 bus rapid transit boardings in FY2025 at $14.19 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Rapid Transit Glenwood Springs, CO
FY2025 boardings
1.14M
+2.4% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$14.19
+6.9% nationwide $5.43
Subsidy per ride
$12.84
+10% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
9.5%
-21.1% nationwide 10.6%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$16.1M
Vehicles in service
24
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
17.01
66.8K hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

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, 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
Directly operated 1,136,080 — 66,773 $16,122,937 $14.19 $12.84 9.5% 24

Full series

Every year Roaring Fork Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 1,136,080 — 1,800,264 66,773 $16,122,937 $1,538,741 $14.19 $12.84 9.5%
2024 1,109,421 — 1,703,308 62,968 $14,733,533 $1,782,957 $13.28 $11.67 12.1%
2023 1,035,247 — 1,684,868 60,682 $13,908,799 $1,731,169 $13.44 $11.76 12.4%
2022 882,248 — 1,791,643 61,590 $12,391,068 $1,531,469 $14.04 $12.31 12.4%
2021 657,682 — 1,972,623 65,335 $11,754,511 $1,408,373 $17.87 $15.73 12%
2020 473,625 — 1,528,227 48,114 $9,245,847 $998,070 $19.52 $17.41 10.8%
2019 1,034,512 — 1,970,173 73,278 $10,210,238 $2,185,904 $9.87 $7.76 21.4%
2018 920,343 — 1,814,217 67,379 $9,064,278 $1,976,240 $9.85 $7.70 21.8%
2017 897,557 — 1,858,976 69,681 $8,506,328 $1,848,067 $9.48 $7.42 21.7%
2016 831,989 — 1,794,807 66,856 $8,397,276 $1,814,680 $10.09 $7.91 21.6%
2015 837,874 — 1,807,472 66,925 $8,317,285 $1,647,868 $9.93 $7.96 19.8%