Victor Valley Transit Authority

Bus at Victor Valley Transit Authority

Victor Valley Transit Authority carried 956,966 bus boardings in FY2024 at $28.07 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Hesperia, CA
FY2024 boardings
957K
+32.1% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$28.07
-19.6% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$26.21
-21.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
6.6%
+54.1% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
6.95M
average trip 7.26 miles
Operating cost
$26.9M
Vehicles in service
47
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
5.08
188.3K 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 956,966 6,947,606 188,300 $26,866,795 $28.07 $26.21 6.6% 47

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 Victor Valley Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 956,966 6,947,606 3,370,500 188,300 $26,866,795 $1,780,876 $28.07 $26.21 6.6%
2023 724,427 5,253,384 3,125,466 175,476 $25,287,950 $1,087,769 $34.91 $33.41 4.3%
2022 556,392 3,813,912 2,697,200 156,679 $22,134,954 $1,095,296 $39.78 $37.81 4.9%
2021 563,382 3,861,826 3,164,323 182,935 $19,891,072 $857,560 $35.31 $33.78 4.3%
2020 1,261,973 8,650,472 2,996,876 173,000 $15,553,865 $1,953,436 $12.33 $10.78 12.6%
2019 1,442,723 9,889,463 3,345,821 192,123 $16,436,694 $2,705,198 $11.39 $9.52 16.5%
2018 1,474,542 10,107,573 3,264,496 188,050 $14,499,089 $1,771,981 $9.83 $8.63 12.2%
2017 1,688,616 11,387,403 2,840,123 166,438 $12,746,904 $1,829,139 $7.55 $6.47 14.3%
2016 1,937,143 12,070,729 2,756,026 160,586 $11,755,590 $1,975,876 $6.07 $5.05 16.8%
2015 1,965,912 12,487,309 2,371,814 138,553 $9,827,731 $1,980,189 $5.00 $3.99 20.1%