Wichita Transit
Vanpool at Wichita Transit
Wichita Transit carried 2,466 vanpool boardings in FY2017 at $2.80 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.
Vanpool
Wichita, KS
FY2017 boardings
2.5K
-74.3%
vs FY2016
Cost per ride
$2.80
+58.9%
nationwide $4.70
Subsidy per ride
$0.32
+254.5%
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
88.5%
-20.8%
nationwide 78.2%
Passenger miles
88.8K
average trip 36 miles
Operating cost
$6.9K
Vehicles in service
1
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
7.85
314 hours operated
Ridership
Monthly data through October 2017.
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, FY2017
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 | 2,466 | 88,776 | 314 | $6,915 | $2.80 | $0.32 | 88.5% | 1 |
Safety and reliability
For this service alone.
Events by year
Complete calendar years only
Full series
Every year Wichita Transit reported this service.
| Year | Boardings | Passenger miles | Revenue miles | Revenue hours | Operating cost | Fares | Cost / ride | Subsidy / ride | Fare recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2,466 | 88,776 | 14,976 | 314 | $6,915 | $6,122 | $2.80 | $0.32 | 88.5% |
| 2016 | 9,593 | 325,129 | 29,829 | 639 | $16,927 | $18,924 | $1.76 | $-0.21 | 111.8% |