WeGo Public Transit

Bus at WeGo Public Transit

WeGo Public Transit carried 8,491,839 bus boardings in FY2024 at $11.34 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Madison, TN
FY2024 boardings
8.49M
+8.8% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$11.34
+2.3% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$10.57
+3.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
6.8%
-14.7% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
32.3M
average trip 3.81 miles
Operating cost
$96.3M
Vehicles in service
148
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
15.67
541.8K 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
Directly operated 8,491,839 32,340,737 541,805 $96,296,378 $11.34 $10.57 6.8% 148

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 WeGo Public Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 8,491,839 32,340,737 6,649,784 541,805 $96,296,378 $6,527,502 $11.34 $10.57 6.8%
2023 7,806,858 31,254,461 6,187,646 502,194 $86,572,272 $6,882,605 $11.09 $10.21 8%
2022 6,059,665 27,791,630 5,692,335 464,704 $56,969,798 $5,764,663 $9.40 $8.45 10.1%
2021 4,150,277 17,316,453 4,650,468 388,080 $76,474,182 $3,739,778 $18.43 $17.53 4.9%
2020 7,393,644 33,608,293 5,423,367 453,783 $69,939,859 $6,287,482 $9.46 $8.61 9%
2019 9,285,398 40,952,295 6,377,211 530,721 $62,982,646 $6,991,099 $6.78 $6.03 11.1%
2018 9,342,326 43,406,788 6,349,509 524,987 $62,736,682 $7,476,552 $6.72 $5.92 11.9%
2017 8,859,146 39,182,202 5,773,826 480,999 $52,396,693 $8,773,525 $5.91 $4.92 16.7%
2016 9,126,697 40,884,014 5,524,292 452,725 $47,486,360 $8,943,854 $5.20 $4.22 18.8%
2015 9,323,778 42,699,953 5,301,514 421,097 $43,471,415 $9,980,484 $4.66 $3.59 23%