Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District

Commuter Bus at Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District

Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District carried 40,244 commuter bus boardings in FY2015 at $6.65 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Santa Barbara, CA
FY2015 boardings
40.2K
vs FY2014
Cost per ride
$6.65
nationwide $10.58
Subsidy per ride
$3.31
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
50.3%
nationwide 52.3%
Passenger miles
1.72M
average trip 42.83 miles
Operating cost
$267.8K
Vehicles in service
4
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
20.91
1.9K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 2015.

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, FY2015

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 40,244 1,723,626 1,925 $267,807 $6.65 $3.31 50.3% 4

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2015 40,244 1,723,626 76,409 1,925 $267,807 $134,681 $6.65 $3.31 50.3%