FY2024

Transit in California

261 agencies report to the National Transit Database from California.

Boardings
930.1M
Operating cost
$9.95B
Cost per ride
$10.70
Fare recovery
10.3%
Agency City Modes Boardings Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
Los Angeles
Heavy Rail Light Rail +4
302.6M $7.99 $7.51 6.1%
San Francisco
Light Rail Streetcar +4
160.5M $7.03 $6.42 8.6%
San Diego
Light Rail Bus +2
75.7M $5.05 $4.10 18.9%
Oakland
Heavy Rail Hybrid Rail +1
54.9M $16.08 $12.10 24.8%
Oakland
Bus Bus Rapid Transit +2
39.9M $14.13 $12.95 8.3%
Orange
Bus Demand Response +1
36.5M $9.25 $8.26 10.7%
San Jose
Light Rail Bus +1
27.7M $17.53 $16.46 6.2%
Long Beach
Bus Demand Response
18.5M $6.66 $6.13 7.9%
Sacramento
Light Rail Bus +1
16.4M $15.53 $14.40 7.2%
Los Angeles
Bus Commuter Bus +1
15.8M $8.19 $8.10 1.1%
Los Angeles
12.1M $5.17 $4.75 8.1%
San Carlos
Bus Demand Response
10.3M $21.02 $19.78 5.9%
Fresno
Bus Demand Response
9.76M $7.90 $7.39 6.5%
West Covina
Bus
9.16M $14.74 $13.76 6.7%
Anaheim
Bus Demand Response
8.7M $2.26 $0.99 56.1%
Santa Monica
Bus Demand Response
8.63M $10.35 $9.60 7.2%
Oceanside
Commuter Rail Hybrid Rail +2
7.71M $19.33 $17.83 7.8%
San Carlos
Commuter Rail
7.41M $26.03 $19.69 24.3%
San Bernardino
Bus Demand Response
6.98M $13.50 $12.35 8.5%
Riverside
Bus Commuter Bus +1
5.75M $16.89 $15.63 7.5%
Santa Barbara
Bus
4.68M $5.94 $4.87 18%
Los Angeles
Commuter Rail
4.32M $71.56 $63.27 11.6%
El Monte
Demand Response
4.17M $59.47 $57.09 4%
Santa Cruz
Bus Commuter Bus +1
3.91M $14.57 $12.22 16.1%
Bakersfield
Bus Demand Response
3.84M $10.29 $9.16 11%
Oxnard
Bus Demand Response
3.65M $9.42 $8.84 6.1%
Davis
Bus
3.48M $2.64 $0.93 64.7%
Visalia
Vanpool
3.47M $3.94 $0.27 93.3%
Modesto
Bus Commuter Bus +1
3.13M $13.34 $12.80 4%
Culver City
Bus Demand Response
2.89M $10.23 $9.63 5.9%
San Rafael
Bus Demand Response
2.87M $12.64 $11.60 8.2%
San Francisco
Bus Demand Response +1
2.87M $48.17 $40.26 16.4%
Montebello
Bus Demand Response
2.8M $11.57 $10.79 6.8%
Thousand Palms
Bus Demand Response +1
2.75M $16.96 $16.14 4.8%
Monterey
Bus Demand Response +1
2.74M $18.60 $17.17 7.7%
Concord
Bus Demand Response
2.7M $17.15 $15.81 7.8%
Stockton
Bus Commuter Bus +1
2.56M $17.69 $16.61 6.1%
San Francisco
Ferryboat
2.39M $25.26 $19.87 21.3%
Gardena
Bus Demand Response
2.18M $11.37 $10.72 5.8%
Torrance
Bus Demand Response
2.07M $15.15 $14.57 3.8%
Santa Clarita
Bus Commuter Bus +1
2.07M $13.19 $12.44 5.7%
Chula Vista
1.74M $2.25 $1.38 38.4%
Lancaster
Bus Commuter Bus +1
1.66M $19.65 $18.16 7.6%
Hesperia
Bus Commuter Bus +2
1.66M $23.31 $19.48 16.4%
Santa Rosa
Bus Demand Response
1.45M $10.17 $9.33 8.3%
Antioch
Bus Demand Response
1.41M $23.68 $22.39 5.5%
Livermore
Bus
1.35M $14.12 $12.29 12.9%
Pasadena
Bus Demand Response
1.26M $8.42 $8.00 5%
San Francisco
Vanpool
1.22M $7.08 $-1.46 120.6%
Norwalk
Bus Demand Response
1.16M $14.53 $13.76 5.3%
Modesto
1.16M $19.84 $18.87 4.9%
El Centro
Bus Demand Response
977.8K $10.20 $9.79 4%
Vallejo
Bus Commuter Bus +1
976K $19.58 $17.69 9.7%
San Diego
Vanpool
972.3K $4.80 $-2.75 157.3%
Bishop
Bus Commuter Bus +1
956.6K $7.46 $6.22 16.6%
Auburn
Bus Commuter Bus +2
902.7K $19.03 $18.17 4.5%
Stockton
Vanpool
888.6K $6.51 $-2.20 133.8%
Petaluma
Commuter Rail Demand Response
853.8K $42.08 $39.51 6.1%
Glendale
Bus Demand Response
850K $17.52 $16.90 3.5%
San Luis Obispo
Bus Demand Response
798.8K $18.43 $16.77 9%
Big Bear Lake
Bus Commuter Bus +1
796.2K $8.59 $8.52 0.8%
Santa Rosa
Bus Demand Response
787.1K $25.27 $24.15 4.5%
Laguna Beach
Bus Demand Response
705.2K $7.00
Merced
Bus Demand Response
703.4K $25.01 $23.68 5.3%
Chico
Bus Demand Response
699.2K $16.67 $14.85 10.9%
Stockton
Commuter Rail
681.4K $56.81 $48.82 14.1%
Pinole
Bus Commuter Bus +1
679.3K $21.42 $19.49 9%
Visalia
Bus Demand Response
677.5K $28.95 $27.57 4.8%
Hanford
Bus Demand Response +1
635.6K $12.57 $10.59 15.7%
Woodland
Bus Demand Response
630K $27.79 $25.32 8.9%
Visalia
Bus Commuter Bus +1
582.3K $24.94 $23.10 7.4%
San Luis Obispo
Bus
575.9K $7.69 $5.95 22.6%
Marysville
Bus Commuter Bus +1
574K $14.92 $13.24 11.2%
Commerce
Bus Demand Response
561.7K $15.36
Santa Maria
Bus Demand Response
554.8K $13.86 $12.86 7.2%
Napa
Bus Commuter Bus +1
525.3K $28.63 $26.96 5.8%
Redding
Bus Demand Response +1
503K $15.34 $14.06 8.3%
Eureka
Bus Commuter Bus +1
480.2K $14.75 $12.52 15.1%
Camarillo
Bus Commuter Bus +1
454.9K $25.32 $24.09 4.9%
Alhambra
Bus Demand Response
341.6K $8.53 $8.40 1.6%
Turlock
Bus Demand Response
337.2K $12.66 $12.37 2.3%
Union City
Bus Demand Response
289.5K $27.62 $26.60 3.7%
Petaluma
Bus Demand Response
282K $15.39 $14.50 5.8%
Clovis
Bus Demand Response
278.5K $31.24
El Monte
Bus Demand Response
276.4K $14.06 $13.71 2.5%
Alhambra
Bus Demand Response
263.5K $8.52 $8.31 2.5%
Porterville
Bus Demand Response
260.9K $15.13 $14.13 6.6%
Redondo Beach
Bus Demand Response
260.6K $20.61 $19.78 4%
Irvine
259.9K $7.68 $7.19 6.4%
Simi Valley
Bus Demand Response
239.2K $36.41 $35.05 3.7%
Bakersfield
Bus Demand Response
234.3K $38.73 $37.63 2.8%
Lower Lake
Bus Demand Response
228.5K $16.27 $15.12 7.1%
Modesto
Vanpool
219.8K $8.19 $-1.11 113.6%
Vacaville
Bus Demand Response
213.8K $14.19 $12.86 9.4%
Burbank
Bus Demand Response
211.5K $16.46 $15.89 3.5%
Fairfield
Bus Commuter Bus +1
210.7K $49.62 $47.68 3.9%
Lodi
Bus Demand Response
202.7K $22.43 $21.92 2.3%
Thousand Oaks
Bus Demand Response
199.6K $36.56 $34.74 5%
Corona
Bus Demand Response
186.3K $15.39 $15.19 1.3%
Joshua Tree
Bus Commuter Bus +1
186.2K $24.82 $22.88 7.8%
Fresno
Bus Demand Response
185.6K $43.97 $43.04 2.1%
Tulare
182.5K $19.37 $18.75 3.2%
Roseville
Bus Commuter Bus +1
180.2K $41.25 $39.04 5.4%
Diamond Springs
Bus Commuter Bus +1
171K $46.51 $43.30 6.9%
Visalia
Bus Demand Response
168.1K $26.62 $25.86 2.8%
San Bernardino
Vanpool
167.4K $6.91 $-0.38 105.6%
Gerber
Bus Demand Response
159.7K $14.10
Tracy
Bus Demand Response
157.1K $38.38 $37.20 3.1%
Ukiah
Bus Demand Response
153.7K $41.55 $39.79 4.2%
Nevada City
Bus Demand Response
146.6K $34.76 $33.14 4.7%
Eureka
Bus Demand Response
142K $15.72 $13.70 12.9%
South Gate
Bus Demand Response
142K $10.06 $9.55 5.1%
Havasu Lake
Ferryboat
140.4K $8.40 $3.99 52.5%
Rolling Hills
Bus Demand Response
139.4K $21.98 $20.35 7.4%
Bell
Bus Demand Response
134.5K $8.08 $7.79 3.6%
Modesto
128.7K $42.43 $40.40 4.8%
Huntington Park
Bus Demand Response
128.3K $16.63 $16.24 2.3%
Elk Grove
121.8K $73.64 $71.78 2.5%
Alhambra
Bus
120.6K $5.03 $4.87 3.2%
Lynwood
Bus
111K $10.89 $10.64 2.3%
Duarte
108.9K $4.76
Santa Barbara
Commuter Bus
105.6K $25.41 $20.57 19.1%
Delano
Bus Demand Response
102K $24.41 $23.72 2.8%
Alhambra
Bus
99.7K $13.74 $13.59 1.1%
Madera
Bus Demand Response
94.9K $34.78 $34.75 0.1%
La Verne
Demand Response
92.7K $46.21 $45.88 0.7%
Riverside
Demand Response
88.3K $60.03 $56.90 5.2%
Arcata
Bus
88.2K $16.70 $12.10 27.5%
Maywood
Bus Demand Response
87.9K $5.13
Susanville
Bus Commuter Bus +1
86.4K $15.17 $13.32 12.2%
Hollister
Bus Commuter Bus +1
81.3K $32.70 $31.23 4.5%
Manteca
Bus Demand Response
78.8K $45.09 $44.40 1.5%
Riverside
Vanpool
78.6K $8.30 $1.25 85%
Baldwin Park
Bus Demand Response
78.2K $28.50 $27.96 1.9%
Guadalupe
Bus Demand Response
77.8K $10.17 $9.40 7.5%
Sonora
Bus Demand Response
76.3K $33.57 $33.48 0.2%
Montery Park
Bus Demand Response
73.9K $49.94 $49.82 0.3%
Camarillo
Bus Demand Response
73.5K $41.81 $40.05 4.2%
Merced
Bus
67.4K $62.54 $52.64 15.8%
Lompoc
Bus Demand Response
65.8K $41.60 $40.01 3.8%
Downey
Bus Demand Response
64.9K $32.50 $32.14 1.1%
Crescent City
Bus Demand Response
64.7K $15.74 $14.70 6.6%
West Hollywood
Bus Demand Response
62.6K $32.95
Goleta
Demand Response
61.1K $47.85 $27.20 43.1%
Compton
Bus Demand Response
60.9K $25.51 $25.00 2%
Arvin
Bus Demand Response
59.2K $17.79 $16.88 5.1%
Rosemead
Bus Demand Response
54.4K $24.59 $24.32 1.1%
Sacramento
Bus Demand Response
54.1K $56.44
Sacramento
Bus Commuter Bus +1
50.3K $49.88 $47.85 4.1%
Folsom
50.2K $22.88
Arcadia
Bus Demand Response
49.4K $53.14 $52.97 0.3%
Solvang
Bus Demand Response
48.7K $21.80 $20.62 5.4%
Ojai
Bus
48.3K $20.06 $18.83 6.1%
Carson
Bus Demand Response
47.1K $20.24 $17.84 11.9%
Lincoln
45.1K $22.10 $21.20 4.1%
Whittier
Demand Response
44.2K $44.86 $44.37 1.1%
Colusa
Demand Response
42.9K $28.11 $26.90 4.3%
Bellflower
Bus Demand Response
42K $20.80 $20.40 1.9%
Jackson
Bus Commuter Bus +1
40.2K $56.66 $54.13 4.5%
Dixon
Demand Response
40K $27.31 $24.93 8.7%
Blythe
Bus Commuter Bus
39.8K $43.69 $40.94 6.3%
San Andreas
Bus Demand Response
39.3K $41.27 $39.41 4.5%
San Andreas
39.2K $27.73 $25.50 8%
Moorpark
Bus
37.4K $29.77 $28.72 3.5%
Cudahy
Bus Demand Response
37.2K $10.53 $10.46 0.7%
Ventura
Bus
36.4K $11.93
Cerritos
Bus Demand Response
36.1K $58.40 $57.79 1.1%
West Covina
Bus Demand Response
36K $48.80 $48.30 1%
Dinuba
34.3K $26.36 $26.28 0.3%
Madera
Commuter Bus Demand Response
33.9K $57.14 $55.27 3.3%
Avalon
Bus Demand Response
33K $31.92 $29.24 8.4%
Truckee
Bus Demand Response
32.4K $42.73 $42.68 0.1%
Alhambra
Bus
30.2K $11.23 $11.02 1.9%
La Mirada
Demand Response
30.2K $35.87 $35.09 2.2%
San Luis Obispo
29.6K $4.87 $0.13 97.4%
Lawndale
29.4K $12.17 $11.78 3.2%
Quincy
Bus
29.3K $36.01 $33.46 7.1%
Taft
Demand Response
28.7K $14.83 $13.00 12.3%
Alhambra
Bus
28.4K $10.63 $10.43 1.8%
Auburn
Bus Demand Response
28.3K $37.18 $34.80 6.4%
Willows
Bus Demand Response
27.9K $37.96 $35.22 7.2%
Azusa
Demand Response
25K $60.17 $59.89 0.5%
Bell
Bus Demand Response
24.8K $14.92 $14.50 2.8%
Glendora
Bus Demand Response
24.4K $45.97 $45.45 1.1%
Alhambra
Bus
23.5K $13.32 $13.19 1%
Corcoran
Demand Response
23.3K $35.92 $33.81 5.9%
Needles
Bus
23.2K $20.42 $18.98 7%
Alhambra
Bus
22.9K $24.48 $24.32 0.6%
Inglewood
Bus Demand Response
22.3K $49.13
Calabasas
Bus Demand Response
21.2K $49.08 $48.17 1.9%
Alhambra
Bus
20.7K $19.17 $19.02 0.8%
Alhambra
Bus
19.7K $26.44
Yreka
Bus
19.3K $105.71 $102.60 2.9%
Shafter
Demand Response
18.1K $35.37 $33.87 4.2%
Alhambra
Demand Response
16.2K $44.09 $43.64 1%
Claremont
Demand Response
14.9K $33.05 $32.75 0.9%
Davis
Demand Response
14.4K $49.55 $47.79 3.5%
Monrovia
Demand Response
12.8K $89.31 $88.86 0.5%
Alturas
Bus Demand Response
12.6K $45.92 $41.74 9.1%
Manhattan Beach
Demand Response
11.6K $67.30 $67.08 0.3%
Chowchilla
Demand Response
11.1K $48.26 $46.53 3.6%
Wasco
Demand Response
10.9K $53.94 $52.37 2.9%
Covina
Demand Response
10.6K $44.32 $43.67 1.5%
Ridgecrest
Bus Demand Response
10.5K $134.12 $130.33 2.8%
Mariposa
Demand Response
10.2K $36.77 $23.48 36.1%
Woodlake
10.1K $16.31 $15.76 3.4%
California City
Demand Response
9K $28.87 $27.76 3.8%
Lakewood
Demand Response
8.7K $70.02
Artesia
Bus Demand Response
8.3K $34.71
Klamath
Bus Demand Response +1
7.8K $66.98
Weaverville
Bus
7.5K $92.50 $87.65 5.2%
South Pasadena
Demand Response
7.4K $81.02 $80.56 0.6%
Pico Rivera
Demand Response
6.2K $90.42
Atascadero
Demand Response
6.2K $72.08 $69.30 3.9%
Santa Fe Springs
Demand Response
6K $76.86
Beverly Hills
Demand Response
5.6K $81.66
Rio Vista
Bus Demand Response
5.1K $118.39 $115.81 2.2%
Mcfarland
Demand Response
4.8K $25.76
Alhambra
Demand Response
3.9K $65.88 $65.39 0.8%
Tehachapi
Demand Response
3.4K $71.64 $70.44 1.7%
Downieville
Demand Response
3K $57.40 $50.40 12.2%
Banning
Demand Response
2.9K $13.58 $13.08 3.7%
Agoura Hills
Demand Response
2.5K $103.82 $101.46 2.3%
Blue Lake
Bus
2.4K $38.19 $36.95 3.3%
Sacramento
1.6K $337.60 $318.53 5.6%
Sacramento
Demand Response
1.3K $9.18 $0.00 100%
Escalon
Bus Demand Response
1.3K $242.59 $242.48 0%
North Fork
Demand Response
679 $83.32
Malibu
Demand Response
448 $165.57 $163.33 1.4%
Markleeville
Demand Response
396 $215.25 $204.83 4.8%
Susanville
240 $302.02 $296.31 1.9%
Crescent City
Demand Response
60 $480.73
Redding
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Sacramento
S El Monte
San Luis Obispo
El Segundo
Sierra Madre
Redding
San Fernando
Ukiah
Bishop
Porterville
San Diego
San Diego
Sacramento
Oceanside
Hawaiian Gardens
Eureka
Eureka
Winterhaven
Burbank
Camarillo
La Habra Heights
Palmdale
San Diego
Crescent City
Bonita