The Rapid

Vanpool at The Rapid

The Rapid carried 21,760 vanpool boardings in FY2022 at $11.84 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Grand Rapids, MI
FY2022 boardings
21.8K
+183% vs FY2021
Cost per ride
$11.84
-61.5% nationwide $7.90
Subsidy per ride
$8.87
-67% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
25%
+101.2% nationwide 67.2%
Passenger miles
428.2K
average trip 19.68 miles
Operating cost
$257.6K
Vehicles in service
15
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
5.8
3.7K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through September 2022.

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 vanpool 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, FY2022

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 21,760 428,232 3,749 $257,599 $11.84 $8.87 25% 15

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 The Rapid reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2022 21,760 428,232 135,883 3,749 $257,599 $64,517 $11.84 $8.87 25%
2021 7,690 306,885 104,402 2,689 $236,435 $29,428 $30.75 $26.92 12.4%
2020 17,221 796,329 260,821 6,024 $268,619 $57,302 $15.60 $12.27 21.3%
2019 31,604 1,390,576 466,729 10,130 $315,631 $115,696 $9.99 $6.33 36.7%
2018 38,648 1,693,568 555,549 11,770 $322,259 $131,265 $8.34 $4.94 40.7%
2017 39,911 1,741,020 627,851 12,854 $334,030 $147,301 $8.37 $4.68 44.1%
2016 45,065 2,220,517 667,820 13,742 $340,224 $157,566 $7.55 $4.05 46.3%
2015 54,500 2,626,960 772,192 15,973 $385,681 $221,927 $7.08 $3.00 57.5%