Valley Metro
Commuter Bus at Valley Metro
Valley Metro carried 5,958 commuter bus boardings in FY2018 at $20.22 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.
Commuter Bus
Roanoke, VA
FY2018 boardings
6K
-69.4%
vs FY2017
Cost per ride
$20.22
+35.6%
nationwide $12.03
Subsidy per ride
$16.93
+44.9%
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
16.3%
-24.9%
nationwide 48.5%
Passenger miles
293.8K
average trip 49.32 miles
Operating cost
$120.5K
Vehicles in service
1
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
4.84
1.2K hours operated
Ridership
Monthly data through October 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 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, FY2018
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 | 5,958 | 293,849 | 1,230 | $120,450 | $20.22 | $16.93 | 16.3% | 1 |
Safety and reliability
For this service alone.
Events by year
Complete calendar years only
Full series
Every year Valley Metro reported this service.
| Year | Boardings | Passenger miles | Revenue miles | Revenue hours | Operating cost | Fares | Cost / ride | Subsidy / ride | Fare recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5,958 | 293,849 | 40,646 | 1,230 | $120,450 | $19,608 | $20.22 | $16.93 | 16.3% |
| 2017 | 19,440 | 958,781 | 121,090 | 3,661 | $289,874 | $62,796 | $14.91 | $11.68 | 21.7% |
| 2016 | 19,829 | 1,063,429 | 121,248 | 3,713 | $296,683 | $61,026 | $14.96 | $11.88 | 20.6% |
| 2015 | 19,646 | 1,053,615 | 103,735 | 3,476 | $327,335 | $53,208 | $16.66 | $13.95 | 16.3% |