Ark-Tex Council of Governments

Demand Response at Ark-Tex Council of Governments

Ark-Tex Council of Governments carried 83,971 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $32.28 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Texarkana, TX
FY2025 boardings
84K
+4.3% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$32.28
+7.1% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$29.59
+9.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
8.3%
-19.6% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$2.71M
Vehicles in service
45
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.35
25.1K 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 - taxi — — — — — — — —
Directly operated 83,971 — 25,064 $2,710,898 $32.28 $29.59 8.3% 45

Full series

Every year Ark-Tex Council of Governments reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 83,971 — 601,545 25,064 $2,710,898 $226,253 $32.28 $29.59 8.3%
2024 80,537 — 594,671 28,227 $2,426,803 $251,869 $30.13 $27.01 10.4%
2023 72,175 — 552,431 33,688 $2,240,110 $31,205 $31.04 $30.60 1.4%
2022 68,740 — 565,335 36,078 $2,192,168 $29,600 $31.89 $31.46 1.4%
2021 63,614 — 515,481 34,053 $2,092,221 $26,696 $32.89 $32.47 1.3%
2020 82,664 — 553,550 35,690 $1,946,147 $51,308 $23.54 $22.92 2.6%
2019 107,435 — 700,933 35,773 $2,240,731 $61,451 $20.86 $20.28 2.7%
2018 72,335 — 709,943 34,670 $1,840,084 $54,367 $25.44 $24.69 3%
2017 67,610 — 685,802 32,680 $1,623,612 $50,288 $24.01 $23.27 3.1%
2016 65,900 — 727,942 36,846 $1,987,345 $53,118 $30.16 $29.35 2.7%
2015 102,574 — 901,332 50,729 $3,180,877 $73,893 $31.01 $30.29 2.3%