San Joaquin RTD

Commuter Bus at San Joaquin RTD

San Joaquin RTD carried 38,992 commuter bus boardings in FY2024 at $60.96 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Stockton, CA
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FY2024 boardings
39K
+7.3% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$60.96
-3.2% nationwide $24.52
Subsidy per ride
$55.19
-3.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
9.5%
+7.1% nationwide 25.3%
Passenger miles
1.44M
average trip 36.89 miles
Operating cost
$2.38M
Vehicles in service
6
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.88
10.1K 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 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 38,992 1,438,507 10,055 $2,376,893 $60.96 $55.19 9.5% 6

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 San Joaquin RTD reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 38,992 1,438,507 310,133 10,055 $2,376,893 $225,027 $60.96 $55.19 9.5%
2023 36,345 1,339,790 256,040 8,296 $2,287,896 $202,285 $62.95 $57.38 8.8%
2022 33,308 1,475,544 189,968 6,210 $1,400,160 $180,959 $42.04 $36.60 12.9%
2021 32,625 1,445,941 306,901 9,898 $1,812,615 $173,040 $55.56 $50.26 9.5%
2020 113,840 5,045,389 425,941 13,634 $1,912,142 $540,316 $16.80 $12.05 28.3%
2019 154,848 6,863,431 492,739 14,858 $2,080,515 $789,421 $13.44 $8.34 37.9%
2018 155,996 6,910,623 459,908 14,018 $2,227,361 $771,718 $14.28 $9.33 34.6%
2017 173,300 7,677,190 509,883 14,528 $1,973,684 $770,980 $11.39 $6.94 39.1%
2016 184,432 8,170,338 544,073 15,835 $2,271,420 $823,649 $12.32 $7.85 36.3%
2015 207,989 9,567,494 590,655 16,249 $2,456,373 $1,009,114 $11.81 $6.96 41.1%