FY2025

Transit in California

265 agencies report to the National Transit Database from California.

Boardings
982.6M
Operating cost
$10.71B
Cost per ride
$10.90
Fare recovery
10.2%
Agency City Modes Boardings Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
Los Angeles
Heavy Rail Light Rail +4
315.5M $8.40 $7.95 5.4%
San Francisco
Light Rail Streetcar +4
168.4M $6.91 $6.25 9.5%
San Diego
Light Rail Bus +2
81.2M $5.06 $4.10 18.9%
Oakland
Heavy Rail Hybrid Rail +1
58.4M $15.75 $11.57 26.5%
Oakland
Bus Bus Rapid Transit +2
40.7M $14.73 $13.57 7.8%
Orange
Bus Demand Response +1
38.6M $9.49 $8.54 9.9%
San Jose
Light Rail Bus +1
27.7M $18.45 $17.43 5.5%
Long Beach
Bus Demand Response
19.7M $6.52 $6.01 7.8%
Sacramento
Light Rail Bus +1
17.6M $14.94 $13.85 7.3%
Los Angeles
Bus Commuter Bus +1
15.4M $10.70 $10.50 1.8%
Los Angeles
12.1M $5.17 $4.75 8.1%
Millbrae
Bus Demand Response
11M $22.17 $20.98 5.4%
San Carlos
Commuter Rail
11M $19.87 $14.54 26.8%
Fresno
Bus Demand Response
10.6M $7.99 $7.57 5.2%
Santa Monica
Bus Demand Response
10.1M $9.14 $8.50 7%
West Covina
Bus
10M $14.90 $13.95 6.4%
Oceanside
Commuter Rail Hybrid Rail +2
8.47M $18.91 $17.39 8%
Anaheim
Bus Demand Response
8.28M $2.19 $0.81 63.1%
San Bernardino
Bus Demand Response
7.48M $13.07 $11.95 8.6%
Riverside
Bus Commuter Bus +1
6.19M $16.66 $15.44 7.4%
Los Angeles
Commuter Rail
5.67M $58.79 $51.81 11.9%
Santa Barbara
Bus Demand Response
4.84M $6.12 $5.07 17.1%
Santa Cruz
Bus Commuter Bus +1
4.75M $13.65 $11.68 14.4%
El Monte
Demand Response
4.62M $58.02 $55.77 3.9%
Bakersfield
Bus Demand Response
4.2M $10.84 $9.85 9.1%
Davis
Bus
3.87M $2.50 $0.89 64.4%
Oxnard
Bus Demand Response
3.69M $9.86 $9.18 6.9%
Modesto
Bus Commuter Bus +1
3.54M $12.27 $11.74 4.3%
Culver City
Bus Demand Response
3.31M $10.25 $9.72 5.2%
Visalia
Vanpool
3.17M $4.14 $0.31 92.6%
San Rafael
Bus Demand Response
3.16M $11.81 $10.96 7.2%
San Francisco
Bus Demand Response +1
3.1M $45.02 $37.46 16.8%
Monterey
Bus Demand Response +1
2.96M $18.70 $17.34 7.3%
Montebello
Bus Demand Response
2.93M $11.93 $11.20 6.1%
Concord
Bus Demand Response
2.87M $17.02 $16.17 5%
Thousand Palms
Bus Demand Response +1
2.84M $17.59 $16.82 4.3%
San Francisco
Ferryboat
2.84M $23.16 $17.84 23%
Stockton
Bus Commuter Bus +1
2.78M $18.85 $17.91 5%
Santa Clarita
Bus Commuter Bus +1
2.55M $12.42 $11.63 6.3%
Gardena
Bus Demand Response
2.5M $12.16 $11.62 4.4%
Torrance
Bus Demand Response
2.46M $15.08 $14.48 4%
Hesperia
Bus Commuter Bus +2
1.78M $29.82 $26.42 11.4%
Lancaster
Bus Commuter Bus +1
1.74M $21.65 $20.48 5.4%
Chula Vista
1.74M $2.25 $1.38 38.4%
Santa Rosa
Bus Demand Response
1.54M $10.71 $9.82 8.3%
Pasadena
Bus Demand Response
1.4M $9.01 $8.56 5%
Antioch
Bus Demand Response
1.39M $23.20 $21.66 6.6%
Livermore
Bus
1.34M $15.35 $13.69 10.8%
Norwalk
Bus Demand Response
1.32M $14.01 $13.25 5.5%
Modesto
1.16M $19.84 $18.87 4.9%
Petaluma
Commuter Rail Demand Response
1.14M $33.35 $31.31 6.1%
Glendale
Bus Demand Response
1.14M $12.50 $11.87 5%
San Francisco
Vanpool
1.12M $6.84 $-1.48 121.6%
Vallejo
Bus Commuter Bus +1
1.1M $18.65 $17.32 7.2%
Bishop
Bus Commuter Bus +1
965.3K $7.51 $6.34 15.5%
San Diego
Vanpool
932.2K $5.78 $-1.80 131.2%
Santa Rosa
Bus Demand Response
848.3K $25.64 $24.51 4.4%
Stockton
Commuter Rail
846.7K $55.66 $47.65 14.4%
Auburn
Bus Commuter Bus +2
843.3K $22.34 $21.43 4.1%
San Luis Obispo
Bus Demand Response
822.5K $19.95 $18.12 9.2%
Merced
Bus Demand Response
798.1K $20.96 $19.63 6.3%
El Centro
Bus Demand Response
775.1K $13.59 $12.64 6.9%
Stockton
Vanpool
763.1K $6.57 $-1.66 125.3%
Woodland
Bus Demand Response
725.2K $28.19 $25.29 10.3%
Hanford
Bus Demand Response +1
720.4K $11.63 $9.45 18.8%
Pinole
Bus Commuter Bus +1
708.9K $20.44 $18.40 10%
Chico
Bus Demand Response
698.5K $17.72 $15.81 10.8%
Visalia
Bus Commuter Bus +1
688.1K $31.04 $29.08 6.3%
Big Bear Lake
Bus Commuter Bus +1
683.7K $11.13 $11.05 0.7%
Laguna Beach
Bus Demand Response
678.7K $7.99 — —
San Luis Obispo
Bus
660.1K $8.16 $6.67 18.3%
Marysville
Bus Commuter Bus +1
609.2K $14.50 $12.67 12.6%
Santa Maria
Bus Demand Response
605.1K $12.92 $11.95 7.5%
Commerce
Bus Demand Response
554.6K $15.24 — —
Napa
Bus Commuter Bus +1
529.7K $30.83 $28.76 6.7%
Eureka
Bus Commuter Bus +1
510.9K $21.39 $18.87 11.8%
Redding
Bus Demand Response +1
473.7K $19.94 $17.99 9.8%
Camarillo
Bus Commuter Bus +1
473K $25.22 $23.97 5%
Porterville
Bus Demand Response
447.2K $15.57 $15.29 1.8%
Turlock
Bus Demand Response
396.7K $15.85 $15.59 1.6%
Visalia
Bus Demand Response
387.4K $42.63 $40.18 5.7%
Alhambra
Bus Demand Response
355.4K $8.68 $8.57 1.3%
Petaluma
Bus Demand Response
333.3K $16.07 — —
Clovis
Bus Demand Response
302.8K $33.20 — —
Union City
Bus Demand Response
302.3K $30.45 $29.46 3.2%
El Monte
Bus Demand Response
298.4K $13.40 $13.07 2.5%
Alhambra
Bus Demand Response
285.9K $10.22 $10.01 2%
Bakersfield
Bus Commuter Bus +1
269.3K $33.16 $32.01 3.5%
Redondo Beach
Bus Demand Response
265.9K $20.73 $19.94 3.8%
Irvine
259.9K $7.68 $7.19 6.4%
Lower Lake
Bus Demand Response
241.6K $16.08 $14.91 7.3%
Simi Valley
Bus Demand Response
233K $36.98 $35.62 3.7%
Lodi
Bus Demand Response
224.8K $20.21 $19.74 2.3%
Burbank
Bus Demand Response
221.9K $16.67 $16.06 3.7%
Roseville
Bus Commuter Bus +1
218.2K $34.65 $32.25 6.9%
Diamond Springs
Bus Commuter Bus +1
214.1K $42.82 $39.44 7.9%
Joshua Tree
Bus Commuter Bus +1
210.7K $22.71 $20.93 7.8%
Thousand Oaks
Bus Demand Response
207.7K $34.18 $32.63 4.5%
Fairfield
Bus Commuter Bus +1
207.5K $52.73 $51.24 2.8%
Vacaville
Bus Demand Response
203.3K $20.00 $18.46 7.7%
Modesto
Vanpool
200.6K $7.98 $-1.31 116.4%
Tulare
182.5K $19.37 $18.75 3.2%
Havasu Lake
Ferryboat
180.7K $6.45 $2.82 56.3%
Fresno
Bus Demand Response
177.7K $42.79 $41.82 2.3%
Tracy
Bus Demand Response
174.9K $37.10 $36.04 2.9%
Corona
Bus Demand Response
173.4K $17.92 $17.68 1.3%
Ukiah
Bus Demand Response
172.1K $47.32 $45.14 4.6%
San Bernardino
Vanpool
171.3K $7.09 $-0.18 102.6%
Visalia
168.1K $26.62 $25.86 2.8%
Gerber
Bus Demand Response
156K $20.57 — —
South Gate
Bus Demand Response
142.4K $10.25 $9.71 5.3%
Eureka
Bus Demand Response
142K $15.72 $13.70 12.9%
Nevada City
Bus Demand Response
140.1K $32.03 $30.25 5.5%
Bell
Bus Demand Response
139.1K $7.47 $7.19 3.8%
Rolling Hills
Bus Demand Response
135.3K $22.11 $20.75 6.2%
Modesto
128.7K $42.43 $40.40 4.8%
Alhambra
Bus
127.9K $6.46 $6.30 2.4%
Elk Grove
121.8K $73.64 $71.78 2.5%
Riverside
Vanpool
120.4K $7.71 $0.25 96.8%
Alhambra
Bus
111.5K $16.41 $16.30 0.7%
Delano
Bus Demand Response
110.5K $24.33 $23.96 1.5%
Santa Barbara
Commuter Bus
109.9K $25.57 $20.42 20.1%
Huntington Park
Bus Demand Response
109.4K $19.07 $18.63 2.3%
Duarte
108.9K $4.76 — —
Lynwood
Bus
101.3K $11.72 $11.49 2%
La Verne
Demand Response
94.4K $50.17 $49.37 1.6%
Madera
Bus Demand Response
93.3K $34.73 $34.69 0.1%
Susanville
Bus Commuter Bus +1
89.8K $17.50 $15.61 10.8%
Camarillo
Bus Demand Response
89.7K $37.09 $35.48 4.4%
Manteca
Bus Demand Response
88.1K $43.15 $42.42 1.7%
Arcata
Bus
86.8K $17.11 $12.05 29.6%
Guadalupe
Bus Demand Response
83.5K $9.88 $9.09 8%
Montery Park
Bus Demand Response
81.3K $58.31 $58.20 0.2%
Sonora
Bus Demand Response
80.8K $34.90 $33.71 3.4%
Hollister
Bus Commuter Bus +1
80.4K $34.43 $32.93 4.3%
Crescent City
Bus Demand Response
80.3K $15.69 $14.77 5.9%
Baldwin Park
Bus Demand Response
78.3K $22.02 $21.50 2.4%
Riverside
Demand Response
77.3K $70.12 $66.51 5.1%
Avalon
Bus Demand Response
71.9K $10.89 $9.51 12.7%
Maywood
Bus Demand Response
69.8K $6.96 — —
Lompoc
Bus Demand Response
67.4K $46.92 $45.24 3.6%
Merced
Bus
67.4K $62.54 $52.64 15.8%
West Hollywood
Bus Demand Response
64.2K $32.19 — —
Downey
Bus Demand Response
63.2K $34.46 $34.10 1.1%
Goleta
Demand Response
60.2K $51.03 $27.94 45.2%
Arvin
Bus Demand Response
59.2K $25.04 $24.18 3.5%
Moorpark
Bus Demand Response
58.6K $29.44 $28.73 2.4%
Blythe
Bus Commuter Bus
58.3K $31.90 $31.81 0.3%
Compton
Bus Demand Response
57.1K $34.64 $34.15 1.4%
Sacramento
Bus Commuter Bus +1
55.2K $42.06 $39.63 5.8%
Whittier
Demand Response
51.1K $45.15 $44.78 0.8%
Arcadia
Bus Demand Response
50.2K $54.79 $54.62 0.3%
Folsom
50.2K $22.88 — —
Solvang
Bus Demand Response
48.5K $23.43 $22.32 4.8%
Sacramento
Bus Demand Response
46.4K $55.88 — —
Carson
Bus Demand Response
46.1K $21.36 $17.99 15.8%
Jackson
Bus Commuter Bus +1
45.2K $41.48 $39.25 5.4%
Lincoln
45.1K $22.10 $21.20 4.1%
San Andreas
Bus Demand Response
44.8K $42.59 $40.83 4.1%
Rosemead
Bus Demand Response
44.6K $32.13 $31.81 1%
Colusa
Demand Response
43.4K $29.53 $28.52 3.4%
Bellflower
Bus Demand Response
41.5K $22.34 $21.94 1.8%
Dixon
Demand Response
40K $28.25 $25.90 8.3%
Cudahy
Bus Demand Response
40K $11.04 $10.95 0.8%
San Andreas
39.2K $27.73 $25.50 8%
Ventura
Bus
37.1K $12.13 — —
Madera
Commuter Bus Demand Response
37K $85.47 $83.73 2%
Cerritos
Bus Demand Response
34.6K $61.61 $61.03 0.9%
Dinuba
34.3K $26.36 $26.28 0.3%
Taft
Demand Response
33.6K $27.67 $25.45 8%
West Covina
Bus Demand Response
33.2K $49.58 $49.01 1.1%
Bell
Bus Demand Response
32.8K $16.71 $16.21 3%
Quincy
Bus
32.7K $31.70 $29.86 5.8%
Alhambra
Bus
31.6K $13.50 $13.29 1.5%
La Mirada
Demand Response
31.4K $40.18 $39.43 1.8%
San Luis Obispo
29.6K $4.87 $0.13 97.4%
Lawndale
29.4K $12.17 $11.78 3.2%
Willows
Bus Demand Response
28.6K $44.23 $41.40 6.4%
Truckee
Bus Demand Response
27.1K $53.64 $53.57 0.1%
Claremont
Demand Response
26.1K $30.51 $29.10 4.6%
Glendora
Bus Demand Response
25.9K $34.18 $33.42 2.2%
Ojai
Bus
25.5K $21.65 $20.42 5.7%
Inglewood
Bus Demand Response
25K $52.23 $52.04 0.4%
Shafter
Demand Response
24.2K $26.78 $25.67 4.2%
Alhambra
Bus
24K $19.30 $19.16 0.7%
Corcoran
Demand Response
22.6K $32.92 $31.03 5.7%
Alhambra
Bus
22.4K $17.33 $17.12 1.2%
Alhambra
Bus
22.2K $19.54 $19.40 0.7%
Calabasas
Bus Demand Response
22K $66.33 $65.39 1.4%
Needles
Bus
21.9K $21.39 $19.29 9.8%
Yreka
Bus
20.7K $101.01 $97.53 3.4%
Alhambra
Bus
20.6K $27.75 — —
Alhambra
Bus
20.2K $27.62 $27.47 0.6%
Azusa
Demand Response
19.1K $71.35 $70.99 0.5%
Alhambra
Demand Response
18.4K $45.42 $44.95 1%
Auburn
Bus Demand Response
15.1K $56.74 $53.12 6.4%
Davis
Demand Response
13.8K $64.45 $61.56 4.5%
Monrovia
Demand Response
13.8K $80.58 $80.12 0.6%
Wasco
Demand Response
13.4K $43.21 $41.68 3.5%
California City
Demand Response
13.1K $21.36 $21.32 0.2%
Klamath
Bus Demand Response
12.5K $38.37 — —
Alturas
Bus Demand Response
11.7K $43.18 $38.67 10.4%
Artesia
Bus Demand Response
10.9K $28.47 — —
Chowchilla
Demand Response
10.8K $38.84 $36.91 5%
Woodlake
10.1K $16.31 $15.76 3.4%
Weaverville
Bus
9.7K $73.94 $70.31 4.9%
Ridgecrest
Bus Demand Response
9.6K $125.03 $122.97 1.6%
Covina
Demand Response
9.5K $50.19 $49.61 1.2%
Manhattan Beach
Demand Response
8.8K $83.14 $82.87 0.3%
Mcfarland
Demand Response
8.6K $19.41 — —
Mariposa
Demand Response
8.2K $82.43 $67.72 17.8%
Lakewood
Demand Response
8.1K $76.82 — —
Pico Rivera
Demand Response
7.2K $77.44 — —
South Pasadena
Demand Response
6.6K $76.80 $76.34 0.6%
Atascadero
Demand Response
6.1K $76.71 $74.09 3.4%
Beverly Hills
Demand Response
5.8K $72.60 — —
Rio Vista
Bus Demand Response
5.3K $125.33 $122.68 2.1%
Santa Fe Springs
Demand Response
5.2K $104.32 — —
Alhambra
Demand Response
4.6K $63.31 $62.82 0.8%
Tehachapi
3.4K $71.64 $70.44 1.7%
Banning
Demand Response
2.7K $12.34 $12.00 2.8%
Agoura Hills
Demand Response
2.7K $95.12 $92.65 2.6%
Blue Lake
Bus
2.4K $38.19 $36.95 3.3%
Downieville
Demand Response
2.3K $80.96 $72.10 10.9%
North Fork
Demand Response
2.1K $30.32 — —
Escalon
Bus Demand Response
1.8K $243.11 $242.61 0.2%
Sacramento
1.6K $337.60 $318.53 5.6%
Sacramento
Demand Response
1.3K $9.18 $0.00 100%
Malibu
Demand Response
797 $242.91 $240.43 1%
Ripon
Bus
446 $379.44 $377.43 0.5%
Markleeville
Demand Response
384 $360.68 $350.15 2.9%
Lathrop
Bus Demand Response
284 $1100.44 $1099.02 0.1%
Susanville
240 $302.02 $296.31 1.9%
Hopland
Demand Response
230 $481.03 — —
Crescent City
60 $480.73 — —
Winterhaven
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Burbank
— — — —
Los Angeles
— — — —
Sacramento
— — — —
Sierra Madre
— — — —
Redding
— — — —
San Fernando
— — — —
Ukiah
— — — —
Bishop
— — — —
Redding
— — — —
San Diego
— — — —
Porterville
— — — —
San Diego
— — — —
Crescent City
— — — —
Bonita
— — — —
San Diego
— — — —
Sacramento
— — — —
Oceanside
— — — —
El Segundo
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San Luis Obispo
— — — —
Camarillo
— — — —
S El Monte
— — — —
Alhambra
— — — —
Hawaiian Gardens
— — — —
Eureka
— — — —
La Habra Heights
— — — —
San Francisco
— — — —
San Diego
— — — —
Eureka
— — — —
Palmdale
— — — —