BC Transit

Demand Response at BC Transit

BC Transit carried 58,938 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $46.35 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Binghamton, NY
← All of BC Transit
FY2025 boardings
58.9K
+12.3% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$46.35
-3.1% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$40.57
-2.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
12.5%
-1.1% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
376.9K
average trip 6.39 miles
Operating cost
$2.73M
Vehicles in service
17
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.81
32.5K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 2026.

This year against the last five

Same months on one axis, so seasonality does not read as a trend

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 — — — — — — — —
Directly operated 58,938 376,850 32,505 $2,731,733 $46.35 $40.57 12.5% 17

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year BC Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 58,938 376,850 453,316 32,505 $2,731,733 $340,357 $46.35 $40.57 12.5%
2024 52,499 333,539 404,019 29,030 $2,511,194 $316,467 $47.83 $41.81 12.6%
2023 47,530 355,500 378,148 25,422 $2,213,853 $304,703 $46.58 $40.17 13.8%
2022 40,400 297,727 338,611 23,339 $2,064,687 $259,738 $51.11 $44.68 12.6%
2021 35,961 211,521 296,677 22,946 $2,155,908 $78,155 $59.95 $57.78 3.6%
2020 34,819 225,769 260,055 21,512 $2,077,959 $69,442 $59.68 $57.68 3.3%
2019 80,359 647,045 463,054 34,137 $2,314,989 $180,285 $28.81 $26.56 7.8%
2018 81,398 623,817 463,489 37,421 $2,310,099 $180,421 $28.38 $26.16 7.8%
2017 90,784 852,966 492,931 39,464 $2,224,500 $195,937 $24.50 $22.34 8.8%
2016 99,710 936,980 516,172 40,824 $2,487,075 $215,018 $24.94 $22.79 8.6%
2015 102,875 956,346 488,992 37,440 $2,168,378 $200,905 $21.08 $19.12 9.3%