Branch Area Transit Authority

Demand Response at Branch Area Transit Authority

Branch Area Transit Authority carried 132,538 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $16.01 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Coldwater, MI
FY2025 boardings
132.5K
-2.7% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$16.01
+11.2% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$14.73
+14% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
8%
-21.8% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$2.12M
Vehicles in service
13
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
4.8
27.6K 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, 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 132,538 — 27,610 $2,122,469 $16.01 $14.73 8% 13

Full series

Every year Branch Area Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 132,538 — 363,322 27,610 $2,122,469 $170,721 $16.01 $14.73 8%
2024 136,228 — 373,194 28,133 $1,961,044 $201,695 $14.40 $12.91 10.3%
2023 123,275 — 333,648 23,619 $1,829,663 $170,828 $14.84 $13.46 9.3%
2022 123,144 — 365,783 27,684 $1,858,181 $184,669 $15.09 $13.59 9.9%
2021 106,480 — 379,217 29,038 $1,679,049 $156,415 $15.77 $14.30 9.3%
2020 96,644 — 333,336 25,403 $1,608,863 $154,851 $16.65 $15.05 9.6%
2019 113,647 — 321,799 23,953 $1,595,564 $159,347 $14.04 $12.64 10%
2018 104,488 — 341,790 25,438 $1,514,236 $153,450 $14.49 $13.02 10.1%
2017 100,588 — 321,476 24,429 $1,496,221 $153,917 $14.87 $13.34 10.3%
2016 92,904 — 310,486 23,325 $1,390,160 $147,999 $14.96 $13.37 10.6%
2015 100,851 — 341,125 25,036 $1,501,290 $143,643 $14.89 $13.46 9.6%