Broward County Transit Division

Demand Response at Broward County Transit Division

Broward County Transit Division carried 1,048,353 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $45.80 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Fort Lauderdale, FL
FY2024 boardings
1.05M
+15.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$45.80
+2.4% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$45.12
+2.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
1.5%
-4.7% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
10.8M
average trip 10.33 miles
Operating cost
$48M
Vehicles in service
296
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.46
720K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through July 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, 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 1,048,353 10,834,577 719,991 $48,019,426 $45.80 $45.12 1.5% 296

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 Broward County Transit Division reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 1,048,353 10,834,577 11,536,473 719,991 $48,019,426 $715,021 $45.80 $45.12 1.5%
2023 910,398 8,590,927 10,186,170 617,166 $40,715,312 $636,296 $44.72 $44.02 1.6%
2022 773,861 6,961,733 8,865,231 530,061 $38,741,284 $590,795 $50.06 $49.30 1.5%
2021 580,964 4,180,583 7,862,343 443,162 $27,201,020 $199,503 $46.82 $46.48 0.7%
2020 597,311 6,288,850 7,210,254 444,815 $25,249,862 $478,461 $42.27 $41.47 1.9%
2019 929,125 10,695,010 9,905,792 600,245 $30,974,477 $1,081,535 $33.34 $32.17 3.5%
2018 845,386 9,854,729 9,004,760 529,066 $28,112,722 $1,096,329 $33.25 $31.96 3.9%
2017 783,949 9,137,658 8,146,814 483,519 $24,482,396 $1,124,393 $31.23 $29.80 4.6%
2016 715,931 8,199,400 7,296,787 435,281 $22,006,672 $1,119,962 $30.74 $29.17 5.1%
2015 642,477 7,086,756 6,105,741 359,343 $19,085,911 $959,220 $29.71 $28.21 5%