Torrance Transit System

Bus at Torrance Transit System

Torrance Transit System carried 2,037,725 bus boardings in FY2024 at $15.08 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Torrance, CA
FY2024 boardings
2.04M
+12.4% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$15.08
+8.2% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$14.53
+8.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.6%
+2.4% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
10.4M
average trip 5.09 miles
Operating cost
$30.7M
Vehicles in service
38
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
13.82
147.5K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 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 2,037,725 10,378,967 147,481 $30,738,655 $15.08 $14.53 3.6% 38

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 Torrance Transit System reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 2,037,725 10,378,967 1,800,382 147,481 $30,738,655 $1,120,409 $15.08 $14.53 3.6%
2023 1,813,540 9,545,227 1,310,986 99,778 $25,276,908 $899,794 $13.94 $13.44 3.6%
2022 2,096,578 10,640,133 1,521,332 116,515 $22,383,416 $412,486 $10.68 $10.48 1.8%
2021 1,862,753 9,214,418 1,846,235 140,787 $21,094,065 $13,228 $11.32 $11.32 0.1%
2020 3,111,369 15,509,649 1,859,754 153,404 $26,090,469 $1,702,552 $8.39 $7.84 6.5%
2019 3,595,705 18,061,888 2,096,764 167,395 $34,298,864 $2,432,212 $9.54 $8.86 7.1%
2018 3,712,548 18,221,365 2,109,995 168,336 $24,682,469 $2,442,015 $6.65 $5.99 9.9%
2017 3,831,423 18,952,862 2,050,169 164,412 $22,077,106 $2,539,780 $5.76 $5.10 11.5%
2016 3,791,127 16,681,898 1,967,693 128,683 $23,996,555 $2,840,289 $6.33 $5.58 11.8%
2015 4,030,160 17,735,892 1,947,222 127,552 $21,314,186 $3,048,793 $5.29 $4.53 14.3%