The Woodlands Township

Commuter Bus at The Woodlands Township

The Woodlands Township carried 292,148 commuter bus boardings in FY2024 at $18.68 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Spring, TX
FY2024 boardings
292.1K
+4.4% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$18.68
+3.1% nationwide $24.52
Subsidy per ride
$11.95
+18.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
36%
-18.5% nationwide 25.3%
Passenger miles
10M
average trip 34.27 miles
Operating cost
$5.46M
Vehicles in service
25
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
17.27
16.9K 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
Purchased transportation 292,148 10,010,512 16,917 $5,456,070 $18.68 $11.95 36% 25

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 292,148 10,010,512 607,176 16,917 $5,456,070 $1,966,276 $18.68 $11.95 36%
2023 279,920 10,673,823 503,381 16,468 $5,072,522 $2,242,003 $18.12 $10.11 44.2%
2022 244,106 9,308,174 517,592 16,749 $5,013,744 $1,482,235 $20.54 $14.47 29.6%
2021 130,285 5,029,001 358,524 16,448 $3,743,531 $933,603 $28.73 $21.57 24.9%
2020 157,847 6,092,894 453,151 17,826 $3,688,538 $960,700 $23.37 $17.28 26%
2019 552,320 21,319,552 937,274 31,724 $5,113,460 $3,557,472 $9.26 $2.82 69.6%
2018 542,534 20,019,503 875,674 31,078 $4,775,755 $3,679,648 $8.80 $2.02 77%
2017 561,282 20,711,305 914,596 28,283 $4,973,783 $3,586,546 $8.86 $2.47 72.1%
2016 607,999 20,975,965 940,659 29,169 $4,945,524 $3,915,029 $8.13 $1.69 79.2%
2015 636,471 21,976,724 1,334,197 36,324 $4,514,448 $3,896,306 $7.09 $0.97 86.3%