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Eagle County

Eagle, CO · NTD ID 80155 · 2024 report year

Annual trips1.0 million #298 in the US
Operating expense$9.6 million 2024, as reported
Cost per rider$9.31 all modes combined
Farebox recovery8.2% fares ÷ operating cost

Eagle County carries 1.0 million passenger trips a year on bus service — making it the 298th-busiest transit operator in the United States. It is based in Eagle, CO.

It spends $9.6 million a year running that service, or $9.31 per trip. Its bus service, the largest of its modes, costs $9.31 per rider — 33% below the $13.86 median for the 1,162 US agencies reporting bus.

Over the 10 years reported, ridership remains 8% below its 2019 level, the last full year before the pandemic, and down 26% on 2023. Fares cover 8% of operating cost.

Service by mode, 2024

ModeAnnual tripsOperating expense Cost per ridervs national median FareboxVehicles
Bus#253 of 1,162 nationally 1,027,297 $9.6 million $9.31 -33% 8% 25

Ridership, 2015–2024

1.4 million 679,536 2024 2015
YearAnnual trips Operating expense (2024 $)Cost per rider (2024 $)
2024 1,027,297 $9.6 million $9.31
2023 1,381,335 $12.6 million $9.15
2022 984,115 $12.3 million $12.53
2021 679,536 $10.1 million $14.84
2020 719,232 $10.0 million $13.93
2019 1,117,311 $12.4 million $11.06
2018 1,058,885 $12.6 million $11.91
2017 985,965 $10.9 million $11.06
2016 917,202 $10.9 million $11.91
2015 894,783 $12.0 million $13.38

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Source & method. Figures are from the Federal Transit Administration's National Transit Database (NTD) annual reporting for 2024, the most recent published report year. Cost per rider is operating expense divided by unlinked passenger trips. Farebox recovery is fare revenue divided by operating expense. Ten-year trends are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; single-year figures are as reported. Agencies self-report to the NTD, and reporting practice varies, so figures are best read as comparable in magnitude rather than to the cent.