WeGo Public Transit

Vanpool at WeGo Public Transit

WeGo Public Transit carried 9,092 vanpool boardings in FY2025 at $6.44 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Madison, TN
FY2025 boardings
9.1K
-23.1% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$6.44
+34.1% nationwide $8.07
Subsidy per ride
$3.19
+26.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
50.4%
+6.4% nationwide 73.2%
Passenger miles
297.3K
average trip 32.7 miles
Operating cost
$58.6K
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
11.93
762 hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 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 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, FY2025

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 9,092 297,280 762 $58,589 $6.44 $3.19 50.4% 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 WeGo Public Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 9,092 297,280 31,976 762 $58,589 $29,553 $6.44 $3.19 50.4%
2024 11,816 355,354 42,600 1,026 $56,787 $26,921 $4.81 $2.53 47.4%
2023 14,795 529,690 86,719 2,063 $153,060 $109,794 $10.35 $2.92 71.7%
2022 16,912 612,422 91,858 2,361 $92,708 $65,495 $5.48 $1.61 70.6%
2021 18,924 694,400 95,374 2,835 $105,267 $63,741 $5.56 $2.19 60.6%
2020 59,467 2,547,390 289,462 8,007 $243,821 $150,637 $4.10 $1.57 61.8%
2019 97,500 3,993,336 477,504 10,939 $395,958 $309,149 $4.06 $0.89 78.1%
2018 120,524 5,094,270 568,776 13,134 $422,094 $347,197 $3.50 $0.62 82.3%
2017 135,295 5,353,018 622,626 14,490 $474,164 $359,213 $3.50 $0.85 75.8%
2016 144,751 5,544,893 666,774 14,939 $559,759 $437,000 $3.87 $0.85 78.1%
2015 161,870 3,964,051 855,020 18,107 $739,655 $572,142 $4.57 $1.03 77.4%