Have you ever wondered how many people ride the Circulator, how often it shows up on time or even how much fare money the public-private venture brings in? Well, that basic data is now just one click away — the District Department of Transportation unveiled CirculatorDashboard today, a new website which will allow transit and data nerds like yours truly to easily keep an eye on the performance of D.C.’s shiny red buses.

Looking at the first round of data, a couple of trends stand out. On the positive side: ridership is trending up, and accidents are trending down. On the negative side: the Circulator has been lagging behind a bit on its benchmark for on-time performance — buses met their 80 percent goal in April, but have been hovering between 70 and 80 percent over the last few months.

DDOT plans on updating the site monthly, and has made the application open-source so that other transit agencies could use it. (Hey, WMATA, this kind of thing would be incredibly helpful for Metrobus.) And at a cost of only $5,000, it’s also an example of how public-private transit options can provide lots of transparency for very little money.