Rockland Coaches, Inc.

Commuter Bus at Rockland Coaches, Inc.

Rockland Coaches, Inc. carried 446,954 commuter bus boardings in FY2024 at $26.93 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Paramus, NJ
FY2024 boardings
447K
+5.6% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$26.93
-1.4% nationwide $24.52
Subsidy per ride
$16.65
-6.4% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
38.2%
+9.4% nationwide 25.3%
Passenger miles
9.7M
average trip 21.7 miles
Operating cost
$12M
Vehicles in service
33
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
13.97
32K 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 commuter 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 446,954 9,696,958 32,003 $12,035,932 $26.93 $16.65 38.2% 33

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 Rockland Coaches, Inc. reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 446,954 9,696,958 909,325 32,003 $12,035,932 $4,596,132 $26.93 $16.65 38.2%
2023 423,369 9,615,140 900,320 31,686 $11,562,113 $4,035,907 $27.31 $17.78 34.9%
2022 335,588 7,621,544 875,974 22,853 $12,156,731 $3,327,921 $36.23 $26.31 27.4%
2021 191,522 6,885,144 831,852 25,704 $8,230,029 $1,531,369 $42.97 $34.98 18.6%
2020 431,104 10,840,525 1,021,242 28,035 $8,552,099 $3,160,937 $19.84 $12.51 37%
2019 1,889,024 46,013,798 3,093,758 119,485 $18,511,120 $14,152,606 $9.80 $2.31 76.5%
2018 1,996,805 50,090,570 3,123,903 125,397 $18,024,084 $14,525,870 $9.03 $1.75 80.6%
2017 2,193,220 49,939,262 3,096,270 123,183 $19,826,522 $16,116,732 $9.04 $1.69 81.3%
2016 2,468,076 57,104,796 3,158,619 125,489 $19,001,230 $17,115,311 $7.70 $0.76 90.1%
2015 2,446,230 55,161,604 3,212,400 126,460 $19,692,088 $17,165,334 $8.05 $1.03 87.2%