Avery County Transportation Authority

Demand Response at Avery County Transportation Authority

Avery County Transportation Authority carried 22,168 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $41.85 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Newland, NC
FY2025 boardings
22.2K
-13% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$41.85
+7.4% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$40.80
+7.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.5%
-5% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$927.8K
Vehicles in service
11
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.09
20.3K 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 22,168 — 20,301 $927,826 $41.85 $40.80 2.5% 11

Full series

Every year Avery County Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 22,168 — 338,821 20,301 $927,826 $23,388 $41.85 $40.80 2.5%
2024 25,485 — 390,122 21,639 $993,105 $26,353 $38.97 $37.93 2.7%
2023 23,345 — 360,885 20,743 $926,319 $23,913 $39.68 $38.66 2.6%
2022 19,286 — 326,128 18,386 $786,233 $21,012 $40.77 $39.68 2.7%
2021 18,307 — 291,266 17,077 $716,686 $20,265 $39.15 $38.04 2.8%
2020 22,944 — 307,347 17,509 $720,763 $25,987 $31.41 $30.28 3.6%
2019 25,026 — 336,107 19,109 $711,324 $15,924 $28.42 $27.79 2.2%
2018 25,354 — 360,482 19,653 $753,003 $15,796 $29.70 $29.08 2.1%
2017 26,056 — 362,056 19,669 $706,614 $11,269 $27.12 $26.69 1.6%
2016 24,818 — 301,929 17,821 $612,571 $13,017 $24.68 $24.16 2.1%
2015 23,014 — 256,811 15,598 $593,346 — $25.78 — —