Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority

Demand Response at Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority

Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority carried 240,716 demand response boardings in FY2016 at $23.99 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

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FY2016 boardings
240.7K
-5.4% vs FY2015
Cost per ride
$23.99
-2% nationwide $29.45
Subsidy per ride
$22.82
+5.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.9%
-58.1% nationwide 7.7%
Passenger miles
2.14M
average trip 8.91 miles
Operating cost
$5.77M
Vehicles in service
53
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.77
86.8K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 2016.

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, FY2016

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 184,735 1,370,734 59,854 $4,273,662 $23.13 $22.19 4.1% 34
Purchased transportation 55,981 773,220 26,950 $1,499,999 $26.79 $24.88 7.2% 19

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2016 240,716 2,143,954 1,176,161 86,804 $5,773,661 $281,597 $23.99 $22.82 4.9%
2015 254,589 1,714,656 1,266,143 90,716 $6,231,718 $726,190 $24.48 $21.63 11.7%