Vallejo SolTrans

Commuter Bus at Vallejo SolTrans

Vallejo SolTrans carried 541,895 commuter bus boardings in FY2025 at $18.96 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Vallejo, CA
FY2025 boardings
541.9K
+10.2% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$18.96
-4.7% nationwide $24.15
Subsidy per ride
$16.87
-0.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
11%
-25.6% nationwide 26.5%
Passenger miles
9.12M
average trip 16.84 miles
Operating cost
$10.3M
Vehicles in service
15
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
12.08
44.9K 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
Purchased transportation 541,895 9,122,905 44,875 $10,274,500 $18.96 $16.87 11% 15

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 541,895 9,122,905 1,257,706 44,875 $10,274,500 $1,132,108 $18.96 $16.87 11%
2024 491,870 11,027,151 1,261,193 44,420 $9,789,015 $1,449,582 $19.90 $16.95 14.8%
2023 496,901 10,423,505 1,349,202 47,280 $10,041,002 $1,437,059 $20.21 $17.32 14.3%
2022 253,994 3,501,282 848,223 31,596 $6,977,022 $974,415 $27.47 $23.63 14%
2021 185,636 2,558,992 693,419 25,925 $5,166,101 $774,097 $27.83 $23.66 15%
2020 547,846 7,552,302 799,880 37,237 $5,699,079 $1,904,809 $10.40 $6.93 33.4%
2019 723,025 9,966,577 876,688 41,163 $5,911,147 $2,509,172 $8.18 $4.71 42.4%
2018 666,340 9,186,794 938,329 40,769 $5,669,046 $2,468,990 $8.51 $4.80 43.6%
2017 677,670 9,338,589 1,040,899 43,129 $5,716,067 $1,692,108 $8.43 $5.94 29.6%
2016 705,198 8,969,041 1,172,284 41,705 $5,156,637 $1,923,354 $7.31 $4.58 37.3%
2015 688,098 8,640,627 1,018,463 38,680 $4,881,732 $2,050,669 $7.09 $4.11 42%