Skagit Transit

Commuter Bus at Skagit Transit

Skagit Transit carried 144,527 commuter bus boardings in FY2024 at $22.70 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Burlington, WA
FY2024 boardings
144.5K
+29% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$22.70
-30% nationwide $24.52
Subsidy per ride
$22.03
-30.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3%
+39.2% nationwide 25.3%
Passenger miles
3.82M
average trip 26.4 miles
Operating cost
$3.28M
Vehicles in service
6
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
7.18
20.1K 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 144,527 3,815,513 20,127 $3,281,045 $22.70 $22.03 3% 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 Skagit Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 144,527 3,815,513 607,453 20,127 $3,281,045 $96,854 $22.70 $22.03 3%
2023 112,019 2,957,266 586,732 19,490 $3,634,303 $77,068 $32.44 $31.76 2.1%
2022 100,058 2,601,508 548,814 19,393 $2,737,367 $70,988 $27.36 $26.65 2.6%
2021 63,737 1,657,162 416,530 14,418 $1,655,506 $44,749 $25.97 $25.27 2.7%
2020 60,805 1,580,930 301,257 10,541 $1,665,641 $38,862 $27.39 $26.75 2.3%
2019 146,079 3,804,671 465,625 15,202 $1,904,691 $82,137 $13.04 $12.48 4.3%
2018 139,223 3,626,107 464,843 15,206 $1,768,715 $87,369 $12.70 $12.08 4.9%
2017 112,563 2,842,604 381,176 12,141 $1,174,798 $65,432 $10.44 $9.86 5.6%
2016 116,348 3,022,221 333,546 10,833 $1,135,743 $107,963 $9.76 $8.83 9.5%
2015 133,350 3,489,642 338,587 10,802 $1,378,382 $123,823 $10.34 $9.41 9%