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Transit Fare Revenue Calculator

Project transit fare revenue from ridership, base fares, transfer discounts, and pass programs.

Inputs

$
$

Results

Daily Fare Revenue

$118,750.00

≈ 8 used cars

Monthly Revenue

$3,467,500.00

≈ 8 average U.S. homes

Revenue Per Rider$2.38
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter Daily Ridership, Base Fare ($), and Transfer Discount (%).
  2. Set Pass Holders (%) and Monthly Pass Price ($).
  3. Review Daily Fare Revenue ($) and Monthly Revenue ($).
  4. Use Revenue Per Rider ($) to inform your decision.
  5. Use the chart to visualize the results and explore different scenarios by adjusting inputs.

How the result changes with Daily Ridership

Daily RidershipDaily Fare RevenueMonthly Revenue
1,000,001$2,375,002.50$69,350,073.00
3,500,001$8,312,502.50$242,725,073.00
6,500,000$15,437,500.00$450,775,000.00
9,000,000$21,375,000.00$624,150,000.00

What each input means

Daily Ridership
Total daily boardings across the system
Base Fare ($)
Single-ride cash fare
Transfer Discount (%)
Discount for transfers (0% = no discount, 100% = free transfer)
Pass Holders (%)
Percentage of riders using monthly/annual passes
Monthly Pass Price ($)
Price of a monthly unlimited-ride pass

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Daily Ridership = 50000, Base Fare ($) = 2.5, Transfer Discount (%) = 50, Pass Holders (%) = 30 = 5 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Daily Fare Revenue
    Daily Fare Revenue
    118750 = $118,750
  3. Calculate Monthly Revenue
    Monthly Revenue
    3467500 = $3,467,500
  4. Calculate Revenue Per Rider
    Revenue Per Rider
    2.38 = $2.38

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