Baltimore County Department of Public Works Transportation

Demand Response at Baltimore County Department of Public Works Transportation

Baltimore County Department of Public Works Transportation carried 29,550 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $63.91 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Towson, MD
FY2025 boardings
29.6K
+24.9% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$63.91
-26.6% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
—
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
—
nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.89M
Vehicles in service
13
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
6.62
4.5K 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 29,550 — 4,466 $1,888,495 $63.91 — — 13

Full series

Every year Baltimore County Department of Public Works Transportation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 29,550 — 78,491 4,466 $1,888,495 — $63.91 — —
2024 23,666 — 116,750 14,405 $2,060,541 — $87.07 — —
2023 22,438 — 275,654 30,339 $137,901 — $6.15 — —
2022 30,349 — 284,983 25,440 $843,559 — $27.80 — —
2021 25,415 — 229,616 24,721 $1,114,180 $62,209 $43.84 $41.39 5.6%
2020 36,198 — 264,545 20,872 $1,045,534 $56,755 $28.88 $27.32 5.4%
2019 38,533 — 274,283 25,435 $1,000,897 $63,649 $25.98 $24.32 6.4%
2018 41,991 — 336,553 29,796 $1,025,221 $68,267 $24.42 $22.79 6.7%
2017 44,627 — 371,875 35,553 $1,055,150 $56,274 $23.64 $22.38 5.3%
2016 41,286 — 331,377 31,679 $1,093,270 $68,033 $26.48 $24.83 6.2%
2015 45,890 — 334,721 38,026 $1,131,169 $64,384 $24.65 $23.25 5.7%