Yuma County Area Transit

Bus at Yuma County Area Transit

Yuma County Area Transit carried 415,790 bus boardings in FY2024 at $13.37 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus Yuma, AZ
FY2024 boardings
415.8K
+18.4% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$13.37
-7.9% nationwide $8.24
Subsidy per ride
$11.79
-12.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
11.8%
+57.5% nationwide 11%
Passenger miles
3.97M
average trip 9.56 miles
Operating cost
$5.56M
Vehicles in service
15
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
11.81
35.2K 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
Purchased transportation 415,790 3,974,851 35,200 $5,559,708 $13.37 $11.79 11.8% 15

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 Yuma County Area Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 415,790 3,974,851 742,870 35,200 $5,559,708 $656,558 $13.37 $11.79 11.8%
2023 351,251 3,360,923 745,665 35,098 $5,098,353 $382,328 $14.51 $13.43 7.5%
2022 284,065 2,820,285 785,886 36,717 $4,646,470 $340,953 $16.36 $15.16 7.3%
2021 227,895 2,230,871 607,202 28,051 $4,914,968 $26,495 $21.57 $21.45 0.5%
2020 376,181 3,721,953 678,970 31,746 $4,462,015 $325,094 $11.86 $11.00 7.3%
2019 455,475 4,407,592 778,830 36,133 $4,547,418 $415,121 $9.98 $9.07 9.1%
2018 434,472 4,512,988 835,223 37,408 $3,091,017 $416,688 $7.11 $6.16 13.5%
2017 421,004 4,711,129 842,094 37,906 $3,729,271 $418,124 $8.86 $7.86 11.2%
2016 424,755 4,725,801 842,228 37,593 $3,557,074 $531,536 $8.37 $7.12 14.9%
2015 461,896 4,856,880 800,390 37,640 $3,538,375 $383,482 $7.66 $6.83 10.8%