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214 vehicles. 38 routes.
1 platform.

Moving 40,000 riders before most cities finish their morning coffee. Route gives transit directors, city councils, and MPOs the operational clarity to make the city move.

98.7%
Fleet Uptime
94.2%
On-Time Perf.
$1.84
Cost / Boarding
209
Active Vehicles
38
Routes Operating
281K
Riders This Week
98.7%
Fleet Uptime — 12-Month Rolling Average

214 vehicles on 38 corridors. Zero missed peak-hour runs in the last 8 months. When every bus must move on time, Route's predictive maintenance stack keeps the fleet at 98.7% operational availability — the highest recorded by any BRT operator in the US with fleet >200 vehicles.

Fleet uptime — 12-month rolling
Mar97.8%
Jun98.1%
Sep98.4%
Dec98.7%
Feb98.9%
$1.84
Cost Per Boarding — Industry Benchmark

Light rail averages $4.20 per boarding. Subway systems average $3.90. Route BRT delivers the same connectivity at $1.84 — a figure that has anchored three successful ballot measures in 2024–2025. Every dollar saved per boarding compounds across 40,000 daily riders into $95,000 in daily system efficiency.

Cost per boarding — peer comparison
Route BRT$1.84
Avg. BRT$2.6
Subway$3.9
Light Rail$4.2
94.2%
On-Time Performance — System-Wide

Across all 38 routes and six-minute headways, 94.2% of runs arrive within 90 seconds of schedule. The Airport Express corridor leads at 98%. Real-time dispatch adjustments happen in under 90 seconds — down from the industry average of 4.2 minutes. The city moves because the data moves first.

On-time performance — by corridor
96%
North Corridor
94%
East Boulevard
98%
Airport Express
92%
South Main
95%
West Rapid
91%
SE Crosstown
Infrastructure Decision Matrix

Not your average
checkup.

Transit directors comparing BRT to light rail see one number that ends the conversation: $1.84 cost-per-boarding at 98.7% uptime, deployable in 18 months.

Metric
Route BRT
Light Rail
Standard BRT
Capital cost per mile
$12–18M
$45–80M
$8–15M
Daily capacity (riders)
40,000+
30,000
25,000
Fleet uptime
98.7%
91.2%
94.5%
Cost per boarding
$1.84
$4.20
$2.60
Deployment timeline
18 months
7–12 years
2–3 years
ADA full compliance
✓ 100%
✓ 100%
87%
Real-time dispatch control
✓ Native
Varies
Add-on
Fuel flexibility
CNG/EV/Hybrid
Electric
Diesel/CNG
Ridership & Compliance

Growth that
compounds.

Annual Ridership (thousands)
+82%since 2020
202020212022202320242025
ADA Compliance Benchmarks
100%fleet certified
Low-floor buses100%
Audio announcements100%
Kneeling capability100%
Accessible stops97%
Real-time accessibility94%
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Transit Directors Speak

Real people.
Real results.

Route cut our dispatch response time from 4.2 minutes to under 90 seconds. The council approved the lane expansion unanimously after seeing the uptime data.

Director Priya Nambiar
Metro Transit Authority, Chicago IL
98.7% uptime · 18-month deployment

We compared Route against three light rail proposals. Cost-per-boarding at $1.84 versus $4.20 for LRT made the BRT case for us. The ballot measure passed with 64%.

Commissioner David Okafor
Regional Planning Commission, Denver CO
$47M saved vs. LRT alternative

214 vehicles, zero missed morning peak runs in eight months. Our on-time performance went from 87% to 94.2% in the first quarter alone.

Operations Chief Mei-Lin Castillo
Tri-County Transit, Portland OR
+7.2pp on-time improvement
Free Resource

The Transit ROI Brief

47 pages of cost-per-boarding benchmarks, BRT vs. LRT capital comparisons, and ballot measure language used by 12 transit authorities. Used in 3 successful ballot campaigns in 2025.

  • Cost-per-mile comparison across 8 transit modes
  • ADA compliance audit framework
  • Ballot measure language templates
  • Fleet uptime ROI calculator

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