Tri Delta Transit

Bus at Tri Delta Transit

Tri Delta Transit carried 1,129,025 bus boardings in FY2024 at $21.40 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Antioch, CA
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FY2024 boardings
1.13M
+13.7% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$21.40
-12.8% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$20.32
-13.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
5.1%
+26.5% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
5.95M
average trip 5.27 miles
Operating cost
$24.2M
Vehicles in service
50
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
7.38
153K 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
Purchased transportation 1,129,025 5,946,651 153,047 $24,164,257 $21.40 $20.32 5.1% 50

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 Tri Delta Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 1,129,025 5,946,651 1,942,797 153,047 $24,164,257 $1,220,857 $21.40 $20.32 5.1%
2023 992,717 5,254,022 2,020,307 161,342 $24,376,373 $973,745 $24.56 $23.57 4%
2022 889,091 4,308,890 1,778,037 141,250 $20,835,098 $801,775 $23.43 $22.53 3.8%
2021 752,676 3,404,172 1,534,545 120,801 $18,656,553 $280,741 $24.79 $24.41 1.5%
2020 1,377,886 6,444,844 1,876,938 147,004 $18,598,255 $1,242,315 $13.50 $12.60 6.7%
2019 1,825,574 10,291,818 1,937,713 151,788 $17,896,874 $1,676,283 $9.80 $8.89 9.4%
2018 2,232,469 15,847,376 2,061,109 151,949 $16,876,269 $2,270,168 $7.56 $6.54 13.5%
2017 2,344,985 16,944,717 2,036,876 145,397 $16,350,370 $2,612,164 $6.97 $5.86 16%
2016 2,574,864 18,695,970 2,054,318 144,692 $15,415,833 $2,811,588 $5.99 $4.90 18.2%
2015 2,806,028 19,997,041 2,038,867 146,063 $15,535,460 $2,782,688 $5.54 $4.54 17.9%