Rochester Public Transit

Bus at Rochester Public Transit

Rochester Public Transit carried 669,992 bus boardings in FY2025 at $19.36 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

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FY2025 boardings
670K
+2.9% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$19.36
+6.2% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$17.78
+8.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
8.2%
-18.9% nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
2.86M
average trip 4.26 miles
Operating cost
$13M
Vehicles in service
43
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
6
111.7K 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 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 669,992 2,855,711 111,691 $12,970,444 $19.36 $17.78 8.2% 43

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 Rochester Public Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 669,992 2,855,711 1,582,276 111,691 $12,970,444 $1,058,410 $19.36 $17.78 8.2%
2024 650,944 2,773,581 1,538,723 109,615 $11,864,781 $1,193,850 $18.23 $16.39 10.1%
2023 705,283 2,337,711 1,500,188 108,255 $11,252,134 $1,404,570 $15.95 $13.96 12.5%
2022 905,901 3,322,877 1,496,570 101,876 $10,397,741 $1,378,624 $11.48 $9.96 13.3%
2021 743,769 2,729,860 1,423,172 98,152 $9,095,052 $1,018,343 $12.23 $10.86 11.2%
2020 876,908 3,219,580 1,322,999 91,743 $9,167,359 $1,069,066 $10.45 $9.24 11.7%
2019 2,116,610 7,753,459 1,701,252 115,338 $10,175,604 $3,356,882 $4.81 $3.22 33%
2018 2,010,145 7,367,360 1,432,607 96,159 $8,564,584 $2,839,103 $4.26 $2.85 33.1%
2017 1,837,990 6,624,194 1,193,273 82,289 $7,516,562 $2,505,786 $4.09 $2.73 33.3%
2016 1,708,931 5,936,790 1,089,179 69,445 $6,579,810 $2,365,165 $3.85 $2.47 35.9%
2015 1,701,580 5,915,076 1,083,941 70,072 $6,250,562 $2,115,219 $3.67 $2.43 33.8%