The Woodlands Township

Bus at The Woodlands Township

The Woodlands Township carried 200,655 bus boardings in FY2024 at $6.43 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Spring, TX
FY2024 boardings
200.7K
+11.9% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$6.43
-3.1% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
386.5K
average trip 1.93 miles
Operating cost
$1.29M
Vehicles in service
4
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
14.61
13.7K 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
Directly operated 200,655 386,479 13,733 $1,289,748 $6.43 4

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 Woodlands Township reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 200,655 386,479 97,259 13,733 $1,289,748 $6.43
2023 179,281 410,202 97,842 13,576 $1,188,807 $6.63
2022 137,425 313,917 92,259 12,640 $1,057,408 $7.69
2021 121,285 312,915 90,826 12,677 $1,002,166 $8.26
2020 62,607 161,525 68,057 9,516 $1,153,123 $18.42
2019 139,089 358,850 98,676 13,513 $1,057,755 $7.60
2018 124,332 321,150 88,090 12,441 $991,350 $7.97
2017 112,334 290,159 66,551 9,747 $763,224 $6.79
2016 74,524 156,499 38,992 5,638 $376,084 $5.05
2015 $51,247