Santee Wateree RTA

Bus at Santee Wateree RTA

Santee Wateree RTA carried 59,086 bus boardings in FY2024 at $30.20 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

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FY2024 boardings
59.1K
-3.7% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$30.20
-1.2% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$29.45
-2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.5%
+44.9% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
278.3K
average trip 4.71 miles
Operating cost
$1.78M
Vehicles in service
10
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.87
15.3K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 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, 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 59,086 278,295 15,254 $1,784,270 $30.20 $29.45 2.5% 10

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 Santee Wateree RTA reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 59,086 278,295 243,066 15,254 $1,784,270 $44,275 $30.20 $29.45 2.5%
2023 61,366 289,648 247,815 15,994 $1,875,243 $32,105 $30.56 $30.04 1.7%
2022 65,130 385,570 261,535 16,768 $1,846,473 $27,882 $28.35 $27.92 1.5%
2021 86,026 509,274 265,278 16,008 $2,036,647 $7,185 $23.67 $23.59 0.4%
2020 115,689 684,879 313,254 18,785 $1,702,339 $33,719 $14.71 $14.42 2%
2019 119,312 706,327 326,283 19,556 $1,610,806 $46,960 $13.50 $13.11 2.9%
2018 129,242 765,113 337,064 19,967 $1,395,429 $68,372 $10.80 $10.27 4.9%
2017 117,713 260,146 369,639 20,492 $1,428,322 $53,608 $12.13 $11.68 3.8%
2016 120,614 266,928 312,681 19,136 $1,300,141 $61,043 $10.78 $10.27 4.7%
2015 127,515 281,808 278,401 17,628 $1,212,557 $12,547 $9.51 $9.41 1%