Shoreline Metro
Bus at Shoreline Metro
Shoreline Metro carried 582,212 bus boardings in FY2024 at $6.01 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.
Bus
Sheboygan, WI
FY2024 boardings
582.2K
+3.9%
vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$6.01
-2.1%
nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$5.51
-1.9%
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
8.2%
-2.5%
nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$3.5M
Vehicles in service
15
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
15.76
36.9K hours operated
Ridership
Monthly data through December 2016.
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 | 582,212 | — | 36,939 | $3,496,438 | $6.01 | $5.51 | 8.2% | 15 |
Safety and reliability
For this service alone.
Events by year
Complete calendar years only
Full series
Every year Shoreline Metro reported this service.
| Year | Boardings | Passenger miles | Revenue miles | Revenue hours | Operating cost | Fares | Cost / ride | Subsidy / ride | Fare recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 582,212 | — | 522,653 | 36,939 | $3,496,438 | $288,128 | $6.01 | $5.51 | 8.2% |
| 2023 | 560,155 | — | 528,343 | 37,903 | $3,436,543 | $290,559 | $6.13 | $5.62 | 8.5% |
| 2022 | 487,393 | — | 504,065 | 36,762 | $3,292,475 | $287,298 | $6.76 | $6.17 | 8.7% |
| 2021 | 420,503 | — | 506,006 | 35,867 | $3,185,731 | $237,113 | $7.58 | $7.01 | 7.4% |
| 2020 | 373,021 | — | 476,794 | 36,986 | $3,055,368 | $185,616 | $8.19 | $7.69 | 6.1% |
| 2019 | 679,263 | — | 537,066 | 37,847 | $3,161,912 | $279,950 | $4.65 | $4.24 | 8.9% |
| 2018 | 599,714 | — | 536,426 | 38,611 | $2,903,080 | $402,459 | $4.84 | $4.17 | 13.9% |
| 2017 | 529,726 | — | 543,561 | 37,679 | $3,163,112 | $463,324 | $5.97 | $5.10 | 14.6% |
| 2016 | 527,775 | 1,405,714 | 577,824 | 39,092 | $3,027,184 | $436,301 | $5.74 | $4.91 | 14.4% |
| 2015 | 537,765 | 1,430,455 | 599,904 | 41,742 | $2,950,870 | $451,950 | $5.49 | $4.65 | 15.3% |