Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority

Demand Response at Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority

Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority carried 721,216 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $60.25 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Orlando, FL
FY2024 boardings
721.2K
+7.8% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$60.25
+11.6% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$55.83
+11.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
7.3%
+6.4% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
7.41M
average trip 10.27 miles
Operating cost
$43.5M
Vehicles in service
163
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.3
554K 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 717,383 7,392,646 550,616 $42,982,831 $59.92 $55.48 7.4% 162
Directly operated 3,833 13,059 3,398 $469,393 $122.46 $121.63 0.7% 1

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 Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 721,216 7,405,705 8,545,686 554,014 $43,452,224 $3,184,566 $60.25 $55.83 7.3%
2023 668,895 6,835,489 7,798,777 520,728 $36,096,973 $2,487,365 $53.97 $50.25 6.9%
2022 560,468 6,527,297 7,393,362 442,012 $29,743,495 $2,045,550 $53.07 $49.42 6.9%
2021 530,218 5,679,046 7,214,490 426,512 $26,150,743 $1,904,583 $49.32 $45.73 7.3%
2020 500,239 5,615,122 7,019,970 428,401 $26,050,233 $1,486,060 $52.08 $49.10 5.7%
2019 582,170 7,564,169 8,348,656 524,076 $27,116,626 $2,356,303 $46.58 $42.53 8.7%
2018 479,954 7,127,339 8,422,175 487,087 $26,398,819 $2,117,604 $55.00 $50.59 8%
2017 582,940 8,676,627 9,013,672 510,333 $19,796,239 $2,088,758 $33.96 $30.38 10.6%
2016 550,234 9,537,309 8,162,222 462,632 $19,154,229 $1,941,748 $34.81 $31.28 10.1%
2015 518,588 5,228,137 7,425,844 420,680 $18,256,518 $1,701,074 $35.20 $31.92 9.3%