Rogue Valley Transportation District

Bus at Rogue Valley Transportation District

Rogue Valley Transportation District carried 1,004,582 bus boardings in FY2025 at $18.31 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Medford, OR
FY2025 boardings
1M
+4.8% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$18.31
+4.1% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$17.24
+4.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
5.8%
-6.9% nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
5.09M
average trip 5.07 miles
Operating cost
$18.4M
Vehicles in service
34
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
10.41
96.5K 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
Directly operated 1,004,582 5,091,828 96,505 $18,391,621 $18.31 $17.24 5.8% 34

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 Rogue Valley Transportation District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 1,004,582 5,091,828 1,350,189 96,505 $18,391,621 $1,068,220 $18.31 $17.24 5.8%
2024 958,995 4,860,766 1,323,617 92,145 $16,869,977 $1,052,806 $17.59 $16.49 6.2%
2023 834,376 3,946,018 1,252,924 86,389 $14,585,675 $905,668 $17.48 $16.40 6.2%
2022 650,153 3,627,854 1,189,498 81,944 $13,132,340 $771,641 $20.20 $19.01 5.9%
2021 571,844 3,190,890 1,070,032 76,531 $12,913,336 $676,054 $22.58 $21.40 5.2%
2020 1,042,725 5,818,406 1,175,743 82,896 $12,434,682 $1,117,972 $11.93 $10.85 9%
2019 1,184,003 6,606,737 976,332 67,339 $10,340,721 $1,189,888 $8.73 $7.73 11.5%
2018 1,158,601 6,464,994 919,043 62,604 $8,956,241 $1,181,882 $7.73 $6.71 13.2%
2017 1,121,932 6,260,380 746,475 44,546 $7,584,150 $1,101,858 $6.76 $5.78 14.5%
2016 1,048,592 5,798,714 592,205 35,260 $6,328,621 $1,001,600 $6.04 $5.08 15.8%
2015 1,310,667 7,247,989 755,065 52,326 $6,652,549 $1,256,420 $5.08 $4.12 18.9%