Aroostook Regional Transportation Systems

Demand Response at Aroostook Regional Transportation Systems

Aroostook Regional Transportation Systems carried 58,556 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $55.51 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Presque Isle, ME
FY2025 boardings
58.6K
+8.5% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$55.51
+14.2% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$50.48
+7.4% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
9.1%
+170.1% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$3.25M
Vehicles in service
27
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.76
21.2K 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
Directly operated 58,556 — 21,181 $3,250,575 $55.51 $50.48 9.1% 27

Full series

Every year Aroostook Regional Transportation Systems reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 58,556 — 876,915 21,181 $3,250,575 $294,819 $55.51 $50.48 9.1%
2024 53,954 — 562,660 20,237 $2,622,984 $88,067 $48.62 $46.98 3.4%
2023 46,375 — 478,729 20,603 $2,236,484 $76,527 $48.23 $46.58 3.4%
2022 46,767 — 272,047 18,027 $2,068,705 $80,935 $44.23 $42.50 3.9%
2021 38,445 — 324,352 14,767 $1,657,853 $208,318 $43.12 $37.70 12.6%
2020 74,470 — 338,674 18,500 $1,895,167 $277,498 $25.45 $21.72 14.6%
2019 61,804 — 299,133 18,281 $1,258,126 $38,093 $20.36 $19.74 3%
2018 66,017 — 335,801 19,321 $1,572,028 $43,202 $23.81 $23.16 2.7%
2017 65,156 — 325,935 19,199 $1,482,249 $38,585 $22.75 $22.16 2.6%
2016 68,095 — 314,997 21,233 $1,344,040 $45,928 $19.74 $19.06 3.4%
2015 70,352 — 328,261 21,766 $1,381,552 $51,776 $19.64 $18.90 3.7%