Ridership Update: March 2023

July 31 4:00 AM

OB Stop on Overland and Shoshone to TSM is closed, and temp stop placed on far side of the intersection.

July 31 3:00 AM

Route 16 temporarily stops at Main & 8th instead of Main Street Station downstairs due to construction. Visit ridevrt.org/MSS25 for more information.

July 31 3:00 AM

Route 4 temporarily stops at 9th & Grove instead of Main Street Station due to construction. Visit ridevrt.org/MSS25 for more information.

July 31 3:00 AM

Route 10 temporarily stops at Main & 8th instead of Main Street Station downstairs due to construction. Visit ridevrt.org/MSS25 for more information.

July 31 3:00 AM

Route 2 temporarily stops at Main & 8th upstairs instead of Main Street Station downstairs due to construction. Visit ridevrt.org/MSS25 for more information.

July 31 3:00 AM

Route 5 temporarily stops at 9th & Grove instead of Main Street Station due to construction. Visit ridevrt.org/MSS25 for more information.

July 31 3:00 AM

Route 3 temporarily stops at 9th & Grove instead of Main Street Station due to construction. Visit ridevrt.org/MSS25 for more information.

July 31 1:00 AM

Due to detour, inbound stops at Capitol and University, Capitol and Cesar Chavez, and Capitol and River will be closed until further notice. Temporary stop will be placed at Capitol and Boise Ave.

July 31 12:00 AM

Outbound stop closed on Main and 27th due to construction and temp stop placed far-side of the intersection, right after the entrance to the Gas station.

July 29 6:00 AM

Route 17 Inbound stop at Idaho and 3rd has been closed. No temp placed.

2 3 4 5 10 16 29

July 23 12:00 AM

All routes that use downstairs at MSS are relocated due to construction. Visit ridevrt.org/MSS25 for more information.

9 10

July 17 7:00 AM

OB route 9 & 10 stop at state and Ellen's Ferry closed. No temp stop placed.

24 42

June 19 5:00 AM

There is a temp stop in place at Outbound Emerald and Rifleman for the routes 24 and 42.

May 12 1:00 AM

Due to construction on State and Pierce Park area both stops on inbound and outbound sides are closed and no temp stops.

April 29 1:00 AM

For the outbound routes 2, 16 and 17 stop on Main and 3rd is closed for long term, please use stop on Main and 1st. Thank you.

April 23 1:00 AM

Due to construction both inbound routes 4 and 5 are on detour. From River, Left on 11th, Right on Myrtle, Left on Capitol. Stop at Capitol and River will be missed. No temp stops placed.

March 21 1:00 AM

Due to road closure on 8th Street, OB route 10 will be on detour from 5th Street to Fort Street. Stop on 8th and Franklin will be closed, no temp stop placed. Please go to next open stop to catch route 10.

September 16 8:00 AM

Due to road construction, route 16 is on detour. Stops on 1st/Idaho and 1st/Bannock will be closed, use stop on Main and 1st.

VRT bus rides continue to rise! This month, we’re taking a look at ridership from Fiscal Year 2022 (which ran from October 2021 to September 2022), and comparing ridership from January and February this year to 2022 and 2021.

January + February

Year	Rides	On time (0 min. early to 5 min. late)
2021	124,606	81.5%
2022	140,132	85.1%
2023	160,224	85.8%

FISCAL YEAR 2022 (OCTOBER ’22 – SEPTEMBER ’22)

893,935 rides (13.2% increase over Fiscal Year 2021)
1,357,971 revenue miles
78,764 revenue hours
3,625,232 passenger miles travels
84.56% average on-time performance

Check out the data

Main Street Station Update: Buses Return to the Lower Deck August 23

January + February

FISCAL YEAR 2022 (OCTOBER ’22 – SEPTEMBER ’22)