Central Area Rural Transit System

Demand Response at Central Area Rural Transit System

Central Area Rural Transit System carried 29,117 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $37.46 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Soldotna, AK
← All of Central Area Rural Transit System
FY2024 boardings
29.1K
+2.7% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$37.46
-5.5% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$29.92
-14.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
20.1%
+70.7% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.09M
Vehicles in service
22
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.94
15K 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 21,357 — 11,802 $919,904 $43.07 $33.53 22.2% 8
Purchased transportation - taxi 7,760 — 3,229 $170,867 $22.02 $19.98 9.3% 14

Full series

Every year Central Area Rural Transit System reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 29,117 — 209,729 15,031 $1,090,771 $219,714 $37.46 $29.92 20.1%
2023 28,357 — 214,810 14,153 $1,124,475 $132,705 $39.65 $34.97 11.8%
2022 27,350 — 265,033 20,754 $1,082,068 $110,346 $39.56 $35.53 10.2%
2021 25,292 — 279,489 16,174 $913,752 $91,081 $36.13 $32.53 10%
2020 28,082 — 264,314 13,604 $908,821 $101,305 $32.36 $28.76 11.1%
2019 22,084 — 217,424 11,966 $939,697 $91,138 $42.55 $38.42 9.7%
2018 27,979 — 231,346 12,547 $894,610 $93,808 $31.97 $28.62 10.5%
2017 36,200 — 271,691 14,238 $855,649 $105,922 $23.64 $20.71 12.4%
2016 41,337 — 375,420 15,596 $1,104,607 $140,678 $26.72 $23.32 12.7%
2015 41,158 — 396,806 18,032 $1,173,321 $157,139 $28.51 $24.69 13.4%