Vancouver, WA—C-TRAN’s total ridership surpassed 5 million in 2025, trending upward for the fourth year in a row. The preliminary total of 5,280,313 trips was a 6.3 percent increase over 2024.
The total ridership includes all fixed-route bus service, C-VAN paratransit service, The Current, Vanpool and special event service. Almost all individual routes saw year-over-year increases from 2024 to 2025.
“We know how important public transit is in our community, and the continued growth we’ve seen is a reflection of that,” said Leann Caver, C-TRAN’s Chief Executive Officer. “We also know that travel patterns look different as our region grows and evolves. As we look ahead to 2026 and beyond, we’ll continue to evolve to meet the needs of our riders and the communities we serve.”
C-TRAN’s total ridership exceeded 5 million in 2025 for the first time since 2019, bolstered by new and returning riders in Clark County. Some Local routes have surpassed pre-pandemic ridership levels.
Other notable trends in 2025:
- The Vine on Fourth Plain remains C-TRAN’s busiest route, with a ridership of 1.1 million last year.
- The Vine on Mill Plain, the second-busiest, saw a ridership of 780,331 in its second full year of service.
- The Current, C-TRAN’s on-demand service, served more than 50,000 trips across all service zones in 2025, nearly a 50 percent increase from the previous year. Demand continues to grow rapidly, also reflected in the expansion of The Current to Battle Ground in September.
- Route 48 (Ridgefield/La Center) continues to be one of C-TRAN’s fastest-growing routes, with a 28 percent increase in ridership in 2025.
- Route 12, which launched in mid-September 2025 on Vancouver’s 112th Avenue corridor, tallied a ridership of more than 10,000 in each of its first three full months in operation.
As ridership grows, C-TRAN continuously looks for ways to make service improvements and meet demand while providing new opportunities and connections in the region. In 2026, C-TRAN will finalize its long-range plan known as C-TRAN 2045. That plan represents a collective vision for what public transportation in Clark County could look like in the next two decades, based largely on community feedback from the past two years.
C-TRAN is the regional public transportation provider for Clark County. It offers Local bus service within its Clark County service area, plus Regional and Express bus service to Portland. C-TRAN also provides on-demand service with The Current, operating in Battle Ground, Camas/Washougal, Ridgefield/La Center, WSU Vancouver/Salmon Creek, Rose Village, and the Port of Vancouver. For more information on C-TRAN please visit C-TRAN’s website at www.c-tran.com, or call Customer Service at 360-695-0123.
Contact:
Eric Florip, Manager of Communications and Marketing/PIO
360-906-7391 Office
360-904-9641 Cell
Eric.Florip@c-tran.org