{"source":{"via":"https://data.transportation.gov","page":"https://www.nationaltransitdatabase.org/agency/palmetto-breeze-41092","attribution":"National Transit Database — nationaltransitdatabase.org","derived_figures_license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","generated_at":"2026-09-18T13:02:34.540140Z","license":"Public domain (17 U.S.C. 105)","publisher":"Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database"},"agency":{"name":"Palmetto Breeze","state":"SC","address":"25 Benton Field Rd","modes":["MB","CB","DR"],"url":"http://palmettobreezetransit.com","city":"Bluffton","ntd_id":"41092","dba_name":"Palmetto Breeze","slug":"palmetto-breeze-41092","legal_name":"Lowcountry Regional Transportation Authority","fta_recipient_id":"7329","organization_type":"Independent Public Agency or Authority of Transit Service","reporter_type":"Reduced Reporter","service_area_population":294590,"service_area_sq_miles":3256.0,"ueid":"NX5FA5DC22A3","zip_code":"29910-8218","last_report_year":2024,"first_report_year":2015,"primary_mode":"CB","trips_per_capita":0.8069045113547643,"fiscal_year_end":"2024-06-30T00:00:00.000","urbanized_area":"Bluffton East--Hilton Head Island, SC","urbanized_area_population":71824,"vehicles_at_maximum_service":29},"annual":[{"report_year":2015,"unlinked_passenger_trips":196206,"vehicles_operated_maximum_service":28,"vehicle_revenue_hours":39555,"vehicle_revenue_miles":822695,"fares":376801.0,"operating_expenses":2926365.0,"passenger_miles":null,"cost_per_trip_real":19.739493408638165,"cost_per_trip":14.914757958472219,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.12876076634322786,"subsidy_per_trip":12.994322293915578,"real_dollar_base_year":2024},{"report_year":2016,"unlinked_passenger_trips":181695,"vehicles_operated_maximum_service":29,"vehicle_revenue_hours":33074,"vehicle_revenue_miles":699636,"fares":461233.0,"operating_expenses":2475370.0,"passenger_miles":null,"cost_per_trip_real":17.806252528977755,"cost_per_trip":13.62376510085583,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.1863289124454122,"subsidy_per_trip":11.085263766201601,"real_dollar_base_year":2024},{"report_year":2017,"unlinked_passenger_trips":253090,"vehicles_operated_maximum_service":21,"vehicle_revenue_hours":31780,"vehicle_revenue_miles":655666,"fares":464328.0,"operating_expenses":2261688.0,"passenger_miles":null,"cost_per_trip_real":11.436108043872773,"cost_per_trip":8.936299340155676,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.20530152700107177,"subsidy_per_trip":7.101663439883046,"real_dollar_base_year":2024},{"report_year":2018,"unlinked_passenger_trips":256630,"vehicles_operated_maximum_service":23,"vehicle_revenue_hours":33775,"vehicle_revenue_miles":683604,"fares":355773.0,"operating_expenses":2961676.0,"passenger_miles":null,"cost_per_trip_real":14.416857052564124,"cost_per_trip":11.540646066321163,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.12012556403874022,"subsidy_per_trip":10.154319448232865,"real_dollar_base_year":2024},{"report_year":2019,"unlinked_passenger_trips":267653,"vehicles_operated_maximum_service":26,"vehicle_revenue_hours":37090,"vehicle_revenue_miles":761580,"fares":425943.0,"operating_expenses":3220350.0,"passenger_miles":null,"cost_per_trip_real":14.76293001149231,"cost_per_trip":12.03180984334194,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.13226605803716987,"subsidy_per_trip":10.440409784310283,"real_dollar_base_year":2024},{"report_year":2020,"unlinked_passenger_trips":211290,"vehicles_operated_maximum_service":25,"vehicle_revenue_hours":32100,"vehicle_revenue_miles":667678,"fares":473794.0,"operating_expenses":3021969.0,"passenger_miles":null,"cost_per_trip_real":17.335150672240566,"cost_per_trip":14.302470538122959,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.15678320988732844,"subsidy_per_trip":12.060083297837096,"real_dollar_base_year":2024},{"report_year":2021,"unlinked_passenger_trips":202926,"vehicles_operated_maximum_service":26,"vehicle_revenue_hours":26879,"vehicle_revenue_miles":597232,"fares":400733.0,"operating_expenses":3088701.0,"passenger_miles":null,"cost_per_trip_real":17.620419848548316,"cost_per_trip":15.220824339907159,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.1297415968719536,"subsidy_per_trip":13.246050284340104,"real_dollar_base_year":2024},{"report_year":2022,"unlinked_passenger_trips":246667,"vehicles_operated_maximum_service":29,"vehicle_revenue_hours":39032,"vehicle_revenue_miles":787204,"fares":305488.0,"operating_expenses":3549385.0,"passenger_miles":null,"cost_per_trip_real":15.423587408312748,"cost_per_trip":14.389379203541617,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.08606786809545879,"subsidy_per_trip":13.150916012275658,"real_dollar_base_year":2024},{"report_year":2023,"unlinked_passenger_trips":232738,"vehicles_operated_maximum_service":29,"vehicle_revenue_hours":38469,"vehicle_revenue_miles":783701,"fares":244641.0,"operating_expenses":4184918.0,"passenger_miles":null,"cost_per_trip_real":18.511586456894314,"cost_per_trip":17.981240708436097,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.0584577762336084,"subsidy_per_trip":16.930097362699687,"real_dollar_base_year":2024},{"report_year":2024,"unlinked_passenger_trips":237706,"vehicles_operated_maximum_service":29,"vehicle_revenue_hours":41216,"vehicle_revenue_miles":822675,"fares":328714.0,"operating_expenses":4.5165e6,"passenger_miles":null,"cost_per_trip_real":19.000361791456672,"cost_per_trip":19.000361791456672,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.07278069301450238,"subsidy_per_trip":17.617502292748185,"real_dollar_base_year":2024}],"by_mode":[{"mode":"CB","url":"https://www.nationaltransitdatabase.org/agency/palmetto-breeze-41092/commuter-bus","last_year":2024,"first_year":2015,"mode_name":"Commuter Bus","series":[{"report_year":2015,"unlinked_passenger_trips":117852,"vehicle_revenue_hours":15812,"vehicle_revenue_miles":406338,"fares":332452.0,"operating_expenses":1972430.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":7,"cost_per_trip_real":22.150545938974307,"operating_expenses_real":2610486.14,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":16.73650001697044,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.16854945422651246,"subsidy_per_trip":13.915572073448054,"trips_per_revenue_hour":7.453326587401973},{"report_year":2016,"unlinked_passenger_trips":122545,"vehicle_revenue_hours":16300,"vehicle_revenue_miles":409492,"fares":404541.0,"operating_expenses":1824865.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":7,"cost_per_trip_real":19.463033334693378,"operating_expenses_real":2385097.42,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":14.89138683748827,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.2216826998161508,"subsidy_per_trip":11.59022399934718,"trips_per_revenue_hour":7.5180981595092025},{"report_year":2017,"unlinked_passenger_trips":192696,"vehicle_revenue_hours":16166,"vehicle_revenue_miles":391363,"fares":4.112e5,"operating_expenses":1640461.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":8,"cost_per_trip_real":10.89466179889567,"operating_expenses_real":2099357.75,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":8.51320733175572,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.2506612470518958,"subsidy_per_trip":6.3792761655664885,"trips_per_revenue_hour":11.919831745638996},{"report_year":2018,"unlinked_passenger_trips":197285,"vehicle_revenue_hours":18232,"vehicle_revenue_miles":438895,"fares":306151.0,"operating_expenses":1827504.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":9,"cost_per_trip_real":11.571901817168056,"operating_expenses_real":2282962.65,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":9.263268874977824,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.16752412033024278,"subsidy_per_trip":7.711447905314646,"trips_per_revenue_hour":10.820809565598946},{"report_year":2019,"unlinked_passenger_trips":196978,"vehicle_revenue_hours":17110,"vehicle_revenue_miles":409233,"fares":358222.0,"operating_expenses":1992735.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":7,"cost_per_trip_real":12.412904842165114,"operating_expenses_real":2445069.17,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":10.11653585679619,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.17976399270349544,"subsidy_per_trip":8.29794697885043,"trips_per_revenue_hour":11.512448860315605},{"report_year":2020,"unlinked_passenger_trips":170763,"vehicle_revenue_hours":17824,"vehicle_revenue_miles":415118,"fares":430661.0,"operating_expenses":1750311.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":10,"cost_per_trip_real":12.423329526888143,"operating_expenses_real":2121445.02,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":10.249942903322149,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.24604827370678697,"subsidy_per_trip":7.727962146366601,"trips_per_revenue_hour":9.580509425493716},{"report_year":2021,"unlinked_passenger_trips":129160,"vehicle_revenue_hours":14961,"vehicle_revenue_miles":387398,"fares":330406.0,"operating_expenses":1770702.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":10,"cost_per_trip_real":15.870679467327346,"operating_expenses_real":2049856.96,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":13.709368225456798,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.18659605060591788,"subsidy_per_trip":11.151254258284299,"trips_per_revenue_hour":8.633112759842257},{"report_year":2022,"unlinked_passenger_trips":134916,"vehicle_revenue_hours":16167,"vehicle_revenue_miles":414707,"fares":249824.0,"operating_expenses":1668211.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":9,"cost_per_trip_real":13.253508627590502,"operating_expenses_real":1788110.37,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":12.364812179430164,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.14975563642728648,"subsidy_per_trip":10.513111862195737,"trips_per_revenue_hour":8.34514752273149},{"report_year":2023,"unlinked_passenger_trips":131302,"vehicle_revenue_hours":14524,"vehicle_revenue_miles":354040,"fares":172544.0,"operating_expenses":1801687.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":10,"cost_per_trip_real":14.126415896178276,"operating_expenses_real":1854826.66,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":13.721702639716074,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.09576802185951278,"subsidy_per_trip":12.407602321366012,"trips_per_revenue_hour":9.040347011842467},{"report_year":2024,"unlinked_passenger_trips":137432,"vehicle_revenue_hours":14711,"vehicle_revenue_miles":360284,"fares":231495.0,"operating_expenses":1860457.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":8,"cost_per_trip_real":13.537291169451073,"operating_expenses_real":1860457.0,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":13.537291169451073,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.12442910532197196,"subsidy_per_trip":11.852858140753245,"trips_per_revenue_hour":9.3421249405207}]},{"mode":"DR","url":"https://www.nationaltransitdatabase.org/agency/palmetto-breeze-41092/demand-response","last_year":2024,"first_year":2015,"mode_name":"Demand Response","series":[{"report_year":2015,"unlinked_passenger_trips":78354,"vehicle_revenue_hours":23743,"vehicle_revenue_miles":416357,"fares":44349.0,"operating_expenses":953935.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":21,"cost_per_trip_real":16.113036985986675,"operating_expenses_real":1262520.9,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":12.174681573372132,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.046490588981429555,"subsidy_per_trip":11.608673456364704,"trips_per_revenue_hour":3.3000884471212566},{"report_year":2016,"unlinked_passenger_trips":59150,"vehicle_revenue_hours":16774,"vehicle_revenue_miles":290144,"fares":56692.0,"operating_expenses":650505.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":22,"cost_per_trip_real":14.373789180050718,"operating_expenses_real":850209.63,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":10.997548605240913,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.08715075210797765,"subsidy_per_trip":10.039103972950127,"trips_per_revenue_hour":3.5262906879694764},{"report_year":2017,"unlinked_passenger_trips":60394,"vehicle_revenue_hours":15614,"vehicle_revenue_miles":264303,"fares":53128.0,"operating_expenses":621227.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":13,"cost_per_trip_real":13.163672550253336,"operating_expenses_real":795006.84,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":10.286237043414909,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.08552107361721238,"subsidy_per_trip":9.406547007980926,"trips_per_revenue_hour":3.86793902907647},{"report_year":2018,"unlinked_passenger_trips":59345,"vehicle_revenue_hours":15543,"vehicle_revenue_miles":244709,"fares":49622.0,"operating_expenses":1134172.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":14,"cost_per_trip_real":23.874553374336507,"operating_expenses_real":1416835.37,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":19.111500547645125,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.04375174135845357,"subsidy_per_trip":18.275339118712612,"trips_per_revenue_hour":3.818117480537863},{"report_year":2019,"unlinked_passenger_trips":52116,"vehicle_revenue_hours":14004,"vehicle_revenue_miles":266530,"fares":56937.0,"operating_expenses":771596.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":16,"cost_per_trip_real":18.166049581702357,"operating_expenses_real":946741.84,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":14.805357279914038,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.07379120679733954,"subsidy_per_trip":13.712852099163404,"trips_per_revenue_hour":3.721508140531277},{"report_year":2020,"unlinked_passenger_trips":18759,"vehicle_revenue_hours":9343,"vehicle_revenue_miles":174689,"fares":23893.0,"operating_expenses":663620.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":10,"cost_per_trip_real":42.877192814115894,"operating_expenses_real":804333.26,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":35.37608614531691,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.036004038455742744,"subsidy_per_trip":34.10240417932726,"trips_per_revenue_hour":2.00781333618752},{"report_year":2021,"unlinked_passenger_trips":11935,"vehicle_revenue_hours":6429,"vehicle_revenue_miles":136591,"fares":15893.0,"operating_expenses":719854.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":10,"cost_per_trip_real":69.8232526183494,"operating_expenses_real":833340.52,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":60.314537075827396,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.02207808805674484,"subsidy_per_trip":58.98290741516548,"trips_per_revenue_hour":1.856431793435993},{"report_year":2022,"unlinked_passenger_trips":20390,"vehicle_revenue_hours":10875,"vehicle_revenue_miles":214808,"fares":52737.0,"operating_expenses":976081.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":10,"cost_per_trip_real":51.31117655713585,"operating_expenses_real":1046234.89,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":47.87057381069152,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.054029327484092,"subsidy_per_trip":45.284158901422266,"trips_per_revenue_hour":1.8749425287356323},{"report_year":2023,"unlinked_passenger_trips":23718,"vehicle_revenue_hours":12125,"vehicle_revenue_miles":265104,"fares":65202.0,"operating_expenses":1418429.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":9,"cost_per_trip_real":61.56778396154819,"operating_expenses_real":1460264.7,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":59.803904207774686,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.0459677572864063,"subsidy_per_trip":57.05485285437221,"trips_per_revenue_hour":1.9561237113402061},{"report_year":2024,"unlinked_passenger_trips":28483,"vehicle_revenue_hours":12450,"vehicle_revenue_miles":248272,"fares":89237.0,"operating_expenses":1337234.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":10,"cost_per_trip_real":46.94849559386301,"operating_expenses_real":1337234.0,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":46.94849559386301,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.06673252400103498,"subsidy_per_trip":43.81550398483306,"trips_per_revenue_hour":2.2877911646586346}]},{"mode":"MB","url":"https://www.nationaltransitdatabase.org/agency/palmetto-breeze-41092/bus","last_year":2024,"first_year":2019,"mode_name":"Bus","series":[{"report_year":2019,"unlinked_passenger_trips":18559,"vehicle_revenue_hours":5976,"vehicle_revenue_miles":85817,"fares":10784.0,"operating_expenses":456019.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":3,"cost_per_trip_real":30.148795732528693,"operating_expenses_real":559531.5,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":24.57131310954254,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.023648137467956378,"subsidy_per_trip":23.99024731935988,"trips_per_revenue_hour":3.1055890227576977},{"report_year":2020,"unlinked_passenger_trips":21768,"vehicle_revenue_hours":4933,"vehicle_revenue_miles":77871,"fares":19240.0,"operating_expenses":608038.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":5,"cost_per_trip_real":33.85546260565968,"operating_expenses_real":736965.71,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":27.932653436236677,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.03164275916965716,"subsidy_per_trip":27.048787210584344,"trips_per_revenue_hour":4.412730589904723},{"report_year":2021,"unlinked_passenger_trips":61831,"vehicle_revenue_hours":5489,"vehicle_revenue_miles":73243,"fares":54434.0,"operating_expenses":598145.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":6,"cost_per_trip_real":11.198975271304038,"operating_expenses_real":692443.84,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":9.67386909479064,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.09100468949836578,"subsidy_per_trip":8.79350164157138,"trips_per_revenue_hour":11.264529058116233},{"report_year":2022,"unlinked_passenger_trips":91361,"vehicle_revenue_hours":11990,"vehicle_revenue_miles":157689,"fares":2927.0,"operating_expenses":905093.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":10,"cost_per_trip_real":10.618806383467781,"operating_expenses_real":970144.77,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":9.906776414443799,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.0032339218179789258,"subsidy_per_trip":9.874738674051292,"trips_per_revenue_hour":7.61976647206005},{"report_year":2023,"unlinked_passenger_trips":77718,"vehicle_revenue_hours":11820,"vehicle_revenue_miles":164557,"fares":6895.0,"operating_expenses":964802.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":10,"cost_per_trip_real":12.780285776782728,"operating_expenses_real":993258.25,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":12.414138294860907,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.007146544057744491,"subsidy_per_trip":12.32542010859775,"trips_per_revenue_hour":6.5751269035533},{"report_year":2024,"unlinked_passenger_trips":71791,"vehicle_revenue_hours":14055,"vehicle_revenue_miles":214119,"fares":7982.0,"operating_expenses":1318809.0,"passenger_miles":null,"voms":11,"cost_per_trip_real":18.3701160312574,"operating_expenses_real":1318809.0,"average_trip_length":null,"cost_per_trip":18.3701160312574,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.006052430640069942,"subsidy_per_trip":18.258932178128177,"trips_per_revenue_hour":5.107861970828886}]}],"monthly":[],"peers":[{"name":"Corridor Rides","slug":"corridor-rides-70138","unlinked_passenger_trips":123132,"cost_per_trip":11.256050417438196,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.34593139872148226,"subsidy_per_trip":7.362229152454277,"urbanized_area_population":126810},{"name":"C&J Bus Lines","slug":"c-j-bus-lines-10122","unlinked_passenger_trips":634012,"cost_per_trip":26.67400774748743,"fare_recovery_ratio":0.9278548427086407,"subsidy_per_trip":1.9244004845334157,"urbanized_area_population":95090}],"safety":[]}