Carlsbad Municipal Transit System

Demand Response at Carlsbad Municipal Transit System

Carlsbad Municipal Transit System carried 26,471 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $40.78 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Carlsbad, NM
FY2024 boardings
26.5K
+23.6% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$40.78
+35.8% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$38.87
+38.4% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.7%
-28% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.08M
Vehicles in service
13
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.55
17K 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
Directly operated 26,471 17,042 $1,079,609 $40.78 $38.87 4.7% 13

Full series

Every year Carlsbad Municipal Transit System reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 26,471 108,177 17,042 $1,079,609 $50,624 $40.78 $38.87 4.7%
2023 21,423 101,223 13,763 $643,403 $41,897 $30.03 $28.08 6.5%
2022 15,789 92,956 11,416 $587,222 $30,298 $37.19 $35.27 5.2%
2021 11,334 90,563 10,596 $513,391 $31,308 $45.30 $42.53 6.1%
2020 21,365 109,588 12,835 $629,619 $44,470 $29.47 $27.39 7.1%
2019 36,467 149,516 15,019 $650,649 $71,960 $17.84 $15.87 11.1%
2018 34,107 152,099 15,944 $530,796 $48,092 $15.56 $14.15 9.1%
2017 33,225 155,975 16,884 $860,028 $44,463 $25.88 $24.55 5.2%
2016 38,766 189,089 20,861 $643,504 $62,676 $16.60 $14.98 9.7%
2015 40,351 195,693 20,285 $876,777 $58,334 $21.73 $20.28 6.7%