Southeastern Regional Transit Authority

Bus at Southeastern Regional Transit Authority

Southeastern Regional Transit Authority carried 2,822,012 bus boardings in FY2024 at $6.69 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus New Bedford, MA
FY2024 boardings
2.82M
+23.8% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$6.69
-13.8% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$6.37
-9.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.9%
-48.4% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
9.25M
average trip 3.28 miles
Operating cost
$18.9M
Vehicles in service
51
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
21.85
129.1K 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 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
Purchased transportation 2,822,012 9,249,279 129,145 $18,879,090 $6.69 $6.37 4.9% 51

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 Southeastern Regional Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 2,822,012 9,249,279 1,569,922 129,145 $18,879,090 $916,010 $6.69 $6.37 4.9%
2023 2,278,886 8,264,537 1,566,913 124,058 $17,693,595 $1,662,215 $7.76 $7.03 9.4%
2022 2,016,128 6,491,932 1,661,461 126,725 $17,051,605 $1,489,280 $8.46 $7.72 8.7%
2021 1,665,868 5,364,095 1,621,177 122,073 $16,089,181 $276,412 $9.66 $9.49 1.7%
2020 2,225,259 7,165,334 1,438,774 113,581 $15,193,408 $1,731,338 $6.83 $6.05 11.4%
2019 2,666,570 8,586,355 1,579,584 125,189 $14,368,729 $2,267,445 $5.39 $4.54 15.8%
2018 2,632,161 8,475,558 1,559,066 124,007 $14,559,283 $2,211,322 $5.53 $4.69 15.2%
2017 2,668,001 8,590,963 1,557,258 124,565 $14,084,571 $2,258,330 $5.28 $4.43 16%
2016 2,733,846 14,899,461 1,540,177 123,576 $13,149,944 $2,368,425 $4.81 $3.94 18%
2015 2,609,447 14,221,486 1,466,684 118,423 $12,957,983 $2,183,391 $4.97 $4.13 16.8%