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Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada

Las Vegas, NV · NTD ID 90045 · 2024 report year

Annual trips53.7 million #23 in the US
Operating expense$330 million 2024, as reported
Cost per rider$6.15 all modes combined
Farebox recovery18.3% fares ÷ operating cost

Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada carries 53.7 million passenger trips a year across two modes — bus and demand response — making it the 23rd-busiest transit operator in the United States, and the largest in Nevada. It is based in Las Vegas, NV.

It spends $330 million a year running that service, or $6.15 per trip. Its bus service, the largest of its modes, costs $4.64 per rider — 67% below the $13.86 median for the 1,162 US agencies reporting bus.

Over the 10 years reported, ridership remains 18% below its 2019 level, the last full year before the pandemic, and up 5% on 2023. Fares cover 18% of operating cost.

Service by mode, 2024

ModeAnnual tripsOperating expense Cost per ridervs national median FareboxVehicles
Bus#13 of 1,162 nationally 52,203,687 $242 million $4.64 -67% 24% 280
Demand Response#9 of 1,920 nationally 1,511,043 $88.3 million $58.45 +54% 4% 383

Ridership, 2015–2024

67.3 million 34.3 million 2024 2015
YearAnnual trips Operating expense (2024 $)Cost per rider (2024 $)
2024 53,714,730 $330 million $6.15
2023 51,029,730 $278 million $5.46
2022 42,203,564 $267 million $6.33
2021 34,342,411 $243 million $7.08
2020 56,896,575 $276 million $4.85
2019 65,821,192 $291 million $4.43
2018 65,765,918 $287 million $4.36
2017 65,534,978 $269 million $4.11
2016 67,346,272 $255 million $3.78
2015 66,856,889 $252 million $3.77

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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.