Spartanburg Area Regional Transportation System

Bus at Spartanburg Area Regional Transportation System

Spartanburg Area Regional Transportation System carried 252,043 bus boardings in FY2024 at $11.26 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Spartanburg, SC
FY2024 boardings
252K
-5.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$11.26
+57.3% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$10.79
+61.4% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.1%
-37.2% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$2.84M
Vehicles in service
8
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
11.79
21.4K hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

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 252,043 21,376 $2,837,313 $11.26 $10.79 4.1% 8

Full series

Every year Spartanburg Area Regional Transportation System reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 252,043 276,265 21,376 $2,837,313 $116,725 $11.26 $10.79 4.1%
2023 266,004 275,602 20,971 $1,903,412 $124,626 $7.16 $6.69 6.5%
2022 256,358 270,134 21,165 $1,652,160 $122,792 $6.44 $5.97 7.4%
2021 284,517 274,706 21,314 $1,111,011 $138,699 $3.90 $3.42 12.5%
2020 324,857 278,537 21,449 $1,304,201 $127,856 $4.01 $3.62 9.8%
2019 373,978 279,278 21,190 $1,203,604 $173,148 $3.22 $2.76 14.4%
2018 390,364 276,062 21,210 $1,276,335 $180,267 $3.27 $2.81 14.1%
2017 397,546 275,128 21,237 $1,365,527 $191,077 $3.43 $2.95 14%
2016 432,168 277,912 21,227 $1,289,907 $209,782 $2.98 $2.50 16.3%
2015 457,758 275,939 21,238 $1,329,341 $225,873 $2.90 $2.41 17%