Vallejo SolTrans

Bus at Vallejo SolTrans

Vallejo SolTrans carried 535,575 bus boardings in FY2025 at $15.92 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Vallejo, CA
FY2025 boardings
535.6K
+16% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$15.92
-5.5% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$15.39
-4.7% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.3%
-21% nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
1.57M
average trip 2.93 miles
Operating cost
$8.52M
Vehicles in service
13
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
12.62
42.5K 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 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
Purchased transportation 535,575 1,568,130 42,451 $8,524,667 $15.92 $15.39 3.3% 13

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 Vallejo SolTrans reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 535,575 1,568,130 527,782 42,451 $8,524,667 $281,401 $15.92 $15.39 3.3%
2024 461,550 1,379,155 504,983 41,668 $7,775,833 $324,856 $16.85 $16.14 4.2%
2023 451,567 1,016,896 521,552 42,289 $7,161,426 $390,241 $15.86 $14.99 5.4%
2022 303,311 855,337 516,624 42,764 $6,864,788 $419,730 $22.63 $21.25 6.1%
2021 226,432 638,538 475,065 39,525 $6,531,758 $275,664 $28.85 $27.63 4.2%
2020 523,462 1,479,451 585,734 57,366 $6,370,901 $554,279 $12.17 $11.11 8.7%
2019 688,167 1,940,193 615,156 57,076 $6,348,474 $751,412 $9.23 $8.13 11.8%
2018 681,420 1,921,459 640,186 59,321 $6,239,608 $789,222 $9.16 $8.00 12.6%
2017 732,705 1,937,225 659,136 54,038 $6,110,416 $1,779,654 $8.34 $5.91 29.1%
2016 811,637 2,485,533 729,960 56,029 $5,438,010 $1,811,181 $6.70 $4.47 33.3%
2015 763,252 2,333,078 615,810 48,215 $5,247,020 $1,678,592 $6.87 $4.68 32%