Trans-Bridge Lines, Inc.

Commuter Bus at Trans-Bridge Lines, Inc.

Trans-Bridge Lines, Inc. carried 424,369 commuter bus boardings in FY2025 at $25.39 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Bethlehem, PA
FY2025 boardings
424.4K
+3.6% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$25.39
-6.2% nationwide $24.15
Subsidy per ride
$-7.48
+10.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
129.5%
-1.2% nationwide 26.5%
Passenger miles
31.7M
average trip 74.81 miles
Operating cost
$10.8M
Vehicles in service
25
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
12.35
34.4K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 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, FY2025

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 424,369 31,748,862 34,362 $10,774,299 $25.39 $-7.48 129.5% 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 Trans-Bridge Lines, Inc. reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 424,369 31,748,862 1,573,807 34,362 $10,774,299 $13,947,971 $25.39 $-7.48 129.5%
2024 409,786 30,657,845 1,604,043 35,163 $11,096,307 $14,535,609 $27.08 $-8.39 131%
2023 415,601 31,092,890 1,540,087 34,852 $10,337,721 $14,293,278 $24.87 $-9.52 138.3%
2022 403,646 26,476,958 1,259,602 31,312 $8,495,611 $11,325,199 $21.05 $-7.01 133.3%
2021 289,184 18,968,880 962,130 23,628 $6,641,896 $7,692,463 $22.97 $-3.63 115.8%
2020 349,831 22,946,990 1,439,836 34,669 $10,584,297 $7,370,132 $30.26 $9.19 69.6%
2019 1,180,800 77,453,994 4,043,665 107,892 $20,231,650 $26,158,296 $17.13 $-5.02 129.3%
2018 1,120,022 79,839,500 3,951,815 98,298 $19,429,670 $22,989,871 $17.35 $-3.18 118.3%
2017 1,114,680 79,838,700 3,881,821 83,985 $18,183,418 $20,874,549 $16.31 $-2.41 114.8%
2016 1,147,894 83,459,870 3,791,880 84,098 $18,199,817 $21,019,842 $15.85 $-2.46 115.5%
2015 1,177,401 0 3,877,439 84,120 $18,764,408 $22,329,002 $15.94 $-3.03 119%