Antelope Valley Transit Authority

Demand Response at Antelope Valley Transit Authority

Antelope Valley Transit Authority carried 100,101 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $48.01 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Lancaster, CA
FY2024 boardings
100.1K
+52.5% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$48.01
-2.8% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$46.16
-3.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.9%
+21.5% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
1.11M
average trip 11.04 miles
Operating cost
$4.81M
Vehicles in service
20
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.89
53.1K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through July 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, FY2024

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 100,101 1,105,158 53,063 $4,806,282 $48.01 $46.16 3.9% 20

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 Antelope Valley Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 100,101 1,105,158 1,103,255 53,063 $4,806,282 $185,804 $48.01 $46.16 3.9%
2023 65,640 569,802 512,975 36,410 $3,244,111 $103,180 $49.42 $47.85 3.2%
2022 60,468 542,832 444,365 36,033 $3,032,085 $77,827 $50.14 $48.86 2.6%
2021 42,899 380,046 319,405 26,864 $2,807,434 $52,889 $65.44 $64.21 1.9%
2020 44,426 392,125 365,543 19,235 $1,438,817 $106,997 $32.39 $29.98 7.4%
2019 50,600 461,028 469,616 22,455 $1,258,678 $120,312 $24.88 $22.50 9.6%
2018 46,745 450,095 432,298 20,878 $1,648,010 $115,050 $35.26 $32.79 7%
2017 41,839 383,934 383,307 17,960 $1,134,269 $92,653 $27.11 $24.90 8.2%
2016 41,783 367,381 374,725 17,323 $1,067,587 $99,541 $25.55 $23.17 9.3%
2015 31,824 381,888 312,749 15,343 $1,401,681 $77,859 $44.04 $41.60 5.6%