Visalia Transit

Commuter Bus at Visalia Transit

Visalia Transit carried 23,392 commuter bus boardings in FY2024 at $35.58 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Visalia, CA
← All of Visalia Transit
FY2024 boardings
23.4K
-0.5% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$35.58
-10.3% nationwide $24.52
Subsidy per ride
$27.59
-13.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
22.4%
+12.7% nationwide 25.3%
Passenger miles
1.23M
average trip 52.47 miles
Operating cost
$832.3K
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.59
6.5K 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 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, 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 23,392 1,227,397 6,520 $832,324 $35.58 $27.59 22.4% 3

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 Visalia Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 23,392 1,227,397 249,894 6,520 $832,324 $186,839 $35.58 $27.59 22.4%
2023 23,512 1,192,392 286,801 7,424 $933,092 $185,816 $39.69 $31.78 19.9%
2022 15,412 814,251 229,553 5,896 $736,157 $98,099 $47.77 $41.40 13.3%
2021 7,929 412,264 230,082 5,908 $701,561 $22,945 $88.48 $85.59 3.3%
2020 22,822 972,308 243,250 6,601 $666,769 $188,322 $29.22 $20.96 28.2%
2019 29,200 1,339,445 277,547 7,278 $716,075 $210,238 $24.52 $17.32 29.4%
2018 26,740 1,200,361 231,064 6,131 $403,638 $176,425 $15.09 $8.50 43.7%
2017 17,811 801,630 236,217 6,083 $379,753 $136,952 $21.32 $13.63 36.1%
2016 5,810 261,450 138,203 3,778 $304,621 $26,329 $52.43 $47.90 8.6%