Avery County Transportation Authority

Demand Response at Avery County Transportation Authority

Avery County Transportation Authority carried 25,485 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $38.97 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Newland, NC
FY2024 boardings
25.5K
+9.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$38.97
-1.8% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$37.93
-1.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.7%
+2.8% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$993.1K
Vehicles in service
11
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.18
21.6K 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, 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
Directly operated 25,485 21,639 $993,105 $38.97 $37.93 2.7% 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
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