Berrien County Board of Commissioners

Demand Response at Berrien County Board of Commissioners

Berrien County Board of Commissioners carried 27,034 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $35.66 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Saint Joseph, MI
FY2024 boardings
27K
+17.5% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$35.66
-10.5% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$34.38
-11.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.6%
+50.2% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$964K
Vehicles in service
17
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.9
14.3K 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, 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
Purchased transportation 27,034 14,253 $963,994 $35.66 $34.38 3.6% 17

Full series

Every year Berrien County Board of Commissioners reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 27,034 266,369 14,253 $963,994 $34,547 $35.66 $34.38 3.6%
2023 23,002 233,186 11,850 $916,857 $21,883 $39.86 $38.91 2.4%
2022 17,296 175,039 8,834 $717,597 $20,103 $41.49 $40.33 2.8%
2021 9,436 218,662 10,562 $627,688 $21,425 $66.52 $64.25 3.4%
2020 18,984 214,183 12,059 $724,069 $174,802 $38.14 $28.93 24.1%
2019 39,681 309,830 14,643 $849,713 $262,726 $21.41 $14.79 30.9%
2018 40,893 332,782 15,663 $863,340 $281,047 $21.11 $14.24 32.6%
2017 45,713 328,721 15,353 $834,542 $262,201 $18.26 $12.52 31.4%
2016 50,965 341,712 15,405 $855,167 $286,276 $16.78 $11.16 33.5%
2015 56,782 379,303 17,090 $988,201 $305,617 $17.40 $12.02 30.9%