Anaheim Regional Transportation

Demand Response at Anaheim Regional Transportation

Anaheim Regional Transportation carried 46,784 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $35.54 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Anaheim, CA
FY2025 boardings
46.8K
-60.6% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$35.54
+41.2% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$31.43
+35% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
11.6%
+53.9% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
247.7K
average trip 5.29 miles
Operating cost
$1.66M
Vehicles in service
11
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.29
20.4K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through March 2026.

This year against the last five

Same months on one axis, so seasonality does not read as a trend

Annual boardings

Ten-year series

Cost

This service against every demand response operator in the country.

Cost per ride

This agency against the national figure for the same mode

Fare recovery

Share of operating cost covered by fares

Directly operated and purchased service, FY2025

NTD reports these separately. An agency that contracts a service out reports the contract price, which bundles costs a directly operating agency reports line by line.

Service Boardings Passenger miles Revenue hours Operating cost Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery Vehicles
Purchased transportation 46,784 247,667 20,440 $1,662,737 $35.54 $31.43 11.6% 11

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year Anaheim Regional Transportation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 46,784 247,667 173,782 20,440 $1,662,737 $192,152 $35.54 $31.43 11.6%
2024 118,732 628,227 264,657 22,763 $2,988,486 $224,355 $25.17 $23.28 7.5%
2023 170,049 405,425 189,586 22,675 $2,938,000 $453,673 $17.28 $14.61 15.4%
2022 216,865 355,004 274,161 28,803 $3,766,393 $524,175 $17.37 $14.95 13.9%
2021 6,107 8,244 8,226 2,418 $393,661 — $64.46 — —
2020 31,610 17,702 13,457 4,745 $283,008 — $8.95 — —
2019 17,674 5,980 7,743 2,815 $146,447 — $8.29 — —
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