Areawide Community Transportation System

Demand Response at Areawide Community Transportation System

Areawide Community Transportation System carried 63,695 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $24.88 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Anniston, AL
FY2025 boardings
63.7K
+3.6% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$24.88
+4.6% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$21.96
+7.7% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
11.8%
-17.8% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.58M
Vehicles in service
24
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.72
23.4K hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

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 63,695 — 23,393 $1,584,787 $24.88 $21.96 11.8% 24

Full series

Every year Areawide Community Transportation System reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 63,695 — 265,312 23,393 $1,584,787 $186,218 $24.88 $21.96 11.8%
2024 61,500 — 282,375 23,853 $1,462,459 $209,090 $23.78 $20.38 14.3%
2023 66,451 — 298,208 23,917 $1,370,107 $122,225 $20.62 $18.78 8.9%
2022 65,445 — 291,025 24,190 $1,297,055 $76,596 $19.82 $18.65 5.9%
2021 64,806 — 331,762 26,126 $1,275,837 $56,080 $19.69 $18.82 4.4%
2020 76,237 — 332,932 35,531 $1,355,356 $65,294 $17.78 $16.92 4.8%
2019 109,385 — 412,135 43,840 $1,407,888 $87,625 $12.87 $12.07 6.2%
2018 117,577 — 433,247 43,024 $1,427,404 $108,075 $12.14 $11.22 7.6%
2017 106,509 — 418,005 39,729 $1,228,390 $162,852 $11.53 $10.00 13.3%
2016 133,234 — 431,565 45,839 $1,287,747 $173,312 $9.67 $8.36 13.5%
2015 119,988 — 427,002 38,755 $1,270,791 $180,221 $10.59 $9.09 14.2%