Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District

Ferryboat at Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District

Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District carried 39,988 ferryboat boardings in FY2024 at $20.90 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Ferryboat Moline, IL
FY2024 boardings
40K
+2.6% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$20.90
+19.2% nationwide $16.88
Subsidy per ride
$16.07
+27% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
23.1%
-16.9% nationwide 25.8%
Passenger miles
219.2K
average trip 5.48 miles
Operating cost
$835.8K
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
18.78
2.1K 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 ferryboat 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
Purchased transportation 39,988 219,236 2,129 $835,845 $20.90 $16.07 23.1% 3

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 Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 39,988 219,236 15,769 2,129 $835,845 $193,334 $20.90 $16.07 23.1%
2023 38,980 213,087 14,146 2,097 $683,258 $190,108 $17.53 $12.65 27.8%
2022 36,891 212,435 13,544 2,107 $624,789 $192,812 $16.94 $11.71 30.9%
2021 33,085 202,554 14,456 2,129 $544,668 $177,604 $16.46 $11.09 32.6%
2020 37,533 254,646 14,674 1,938 $529,302 $187,242 $14.10 $9.11 35.4%
2019 31,314 191,306 11,166 1,480 $448,764 $154,805 $14.33 $9.39 34.5%
2018 44,603 254,150 14,802 1,940 $583,894 $213,088 $13.09 $8.31 36.5%
2017 43,584 223,648 13,592 1,812 $594,425 $198,630 $13.64 $9.08 33.4%
2016 44,527 259,831 14,478 1,932 $563,210 $169,727 $12.65 $8.84 30.1%
2015 31,935 170,629 12,812 1,707 $318,736 $110,328 $9.98 $6.53 34.6%