University Transportation Services

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University Transportation Services carried 675,734 bus boardings in FY2025 at $3.86 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

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FY2025 boardings
675.7K
+2.6% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$3.86
+6% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$3.84
+6.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
0.4%
-13.6% nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$2.61M
Vehicles in service
15
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
33.65
20.1K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through September 2017.

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, 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 675,734 — 20,082 $2,607,507 $3.86 $3.84 0.4% 15

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year University Transportation Services reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 675,734 — 287,056 20,082 $2,607,507 $10,011 $3.86 $3.84 0.4%
2024 658,298 — 289,715 20,141 $2,396,645 $10,653 $3.64 $3.62 0.4%
2023 543,185 — 298,029 20,480 $2,412,007 $12,392 $4.44 $4.42 0.5%
2022 474,458 — 271,562 18,733 $2,229,186 $9,076 $4.70 $4.68 0.4%
2021 276,888 — 234,691 16,469 $2,833,892 $4,464 $10.23 $10.22 0.2%
2020 737,981 — 271,572 17,871 $2,114,621 $1,373,120 $2.87 $1.00 64.9%
2019 1,084,633 — 389,148 25,879 $2,745,060 $1,907,827 $2.53 $0.77 69.5%
2018 1,102,422 — 405,546 26,759 $2,696,170 $1,916,311 $2.45 $0.71 71.1%
2017 1,249,061 — 465,242 30,566 $2,887,481 $1,880,370 $2.31 $0.81 65.1%
2016 1,325,972 3,366,289 486,394 31,836 $5,275,720 $1,874,978 $3.98 $2.56 35.5%
2015 1,342,247 3,097,360 556,103 35,375 $4,375,462 $1,796,715 $3.26 $1.92 41.1%