Wave Transit

Vanpool at Wave Transit

Wave Transit carried 92 vanpool boardings in FY2022 at $142.05 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Wilmington, NC
FY2022 boardings
92
-91.7% vs FY2021
Cost per ride
$142.05
+192% nationwide $7.90
Subsidy per ride
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
nationwide 67.2%
Passenger miles
8K
average trip 87.36 miles
Operating cost
$13.1K
Vehicles in service
1
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
0.56
165 hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 2022.

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 vanpool 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, FY2022

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 92 8,037 165 $13,069 $142.05 1

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 Wave Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2022 92 8,037 6,182 165 $13,069 $142.05
2021 1,106 65,069 32,334 768 $53,801 $24,092 $48.64 $26.86 44.8%
2020 2,187 56,745 16,521 362 $46,052 $8,858 $21.06 $17.01 19.2%
2019 4,392 182,721 38,797 736 $48,565 $14,565 $11.06 $7.74 30%
2018 4,846 214,166 44,075 848 $47,478 $17,490 $9.80 $6.19 36.8%
2017 4,721 202,974 42,495 817 $40,500 $16,120 $8.58 $5.16 39.8%
2016 4,889 220,005 45,812 937 $44,842 $17,691 $9.17 $5.55 39.5%
2015 7,468 355,980 72,653 1,316 $76,686 $26,176 $10.27 $6.76 34.1%