Washington County Transit

Commuter Bus at Washington County Transit

Washington County Transit carried 18,091 commuter bus boardings in FY2023 at $49.55 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus West Bend, WI
FY2023 boardings
18.1K
-22.6% vs FY2022
Cost per ride
$49.55
+4% nationwide $23.65
Subsidy per ride
$46.50
+4.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
6.2%
-0.4% nationwide 25.9%
Passenger miles
563.2K
average trip 31.13 miles
Operating cost
$896.4K
Vehicles in service
8
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
4.14
4.4K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through December 2023.

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, FY2023

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 18,091 563,193 4,375 $896,413 $49.55 $46.50 6.2% 8

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 Washington County Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2023 18,091 563,193 123,810 4,375 $896,413 $55,183 $49.55 $46.50 6.2%
2022 23,365 726,476 165,365 5,844 $1,112,974 $68,821 $47.63 $44.69 6.2%
2021 16,302 504,711 208,545 7,747 $1,390,265 $44,908 $85.28 $82.53 3.2%
2020 24,789 767,399 184,429 5,932 $1,030,830 $93,734 $41.58 $37.80 9.1%
2019 73,551 2,238,203 215,389 7,381 $1,196,550 $246,729 $16.27 $12.91 20.6%
2018 78,557 2,384,265 215,222 7,332 $1,180,108 $255,682 $15.02 $11.77 21.7%
2017 80,858 2,514,890 214,185 7,311 $1,167,422 $262,515 $14.44 $11.19 22.5%
2016 91,901 2,869,882 217,323 7,403 $1,173,415 $326,262 $12.77 $9.22 27.8%
2015 102,205 3,158,907 248,586 8,911 $1,106,249 $341,580 $10.82 $7.48 30.9%