WeGo Public Transit

Commuter Bus at WeGo Public Transit

WeGo Public Transit carried 68,005 commuter bus boardings in FY2024 at $42.16 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Madison, TN
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FY2024 boardings
68K
+12.4% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$42.16
+4.3% nationwide $24.52
Subsidy per ride
$39.56
+5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
6.2%
-9% nationwide 25.3%
Passenger miles
2.06M
average trip 30.33 miles
Operating cost
$2.87M
Vehicles in service
14
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
6.52
10.4K 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 68,005 2,062,274 10,431 $2,867,023 $42.16 $39.56 6.2% 14

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 68,005 2,062,274 313,338 10,431 $2,867,023 $176,858 $42.16 $39.56 6.2%
2023 60,499 1,750,581 300,486 9,953 $2,446,128 $165,821 $40.43 $37.69 6.8%
2022 45,830 1,605,061 221,448 7,198 $1,700,725 $107,291 $37.11 $34.77 6.3%
2021 28,065 849,175 221,164 7,195 $1,908,620 $129,760 $68.01 $63.38 6.8%
2020 132,063 4,237,223 300,351 10,048 $2,143,942 $380,656 $16.23 $13.35 17.8%
2019 181,831 5,898,100 326,460 10,941 $2,619,046 $535,425 $14.40 $11.46 20.4%
2018 190,839 6,116,191 362,852 11,917 $2,509,231 $566,127 $13.15 $10.18 22.6%
2017 194,948 6,231,481 341,039 11,119 $2,512,479 $810,008 $12.89 $8.73 32.2%
2016 193,620 6,222,847 313,242 10,350 $2,264,195 $789,620 $11.69 $7.62 34.9%
2015 204,865 5,687,037 284,946 9,433 $1,839,793 $769,253 $8.98 $5.23 41.8%