Centre Area Transportation Authority

Demand Response at Centre Area Transportation Authority

Centre Area Transportation Authority carried 113,854 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $41.22 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response State College, PA
FY2024 boardings
113.9K
+25.1% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$41.22
+55.7% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$37.61
+66% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
8.8%
-39.2% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
690.5K
average trip 6.06 miles
Operating cost
$4.69M
Vehicles in service
28
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.53
45K 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 113,854 690,475 44,979 $4,693,091 $41.22 $37.61 8.8% 28

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 Centre Area Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 113,854 690,475 751,071 44,979 $4,693,091 $411,309 $41.22 $37.61 8.8%
2023 91,016 742,158 655,302 38,932 $2,409,253 $347,567 $26.47 $22.65 14.4%
2022 68,528 402,733 531,416 31,794 $2,754,762 $305,509 $40.20 $35.74 11.1%
2021 31,347 201,854 276,938 16,411 $1,147,698 $101,169 $36.61 $33.39 8.8%
2020 24,860 165,254 213,994 14,231 $855,440 $65,331 $34.41 $31.78 7.6%
2019 30,126 203,316 260,876 17,213 $997,268 $96,989 $33.10 $29.88 9.7%
2018 32,725 225,035 263,968 17,923 $972,079 $93,063 $29.70 $26.86 9.6%
2017 34,508 237,576 272,702 18,197 $987,120 $96,023 $28.61 $25.82 9.7%
2016 31,379 215,430 256,667 16,729 $894,642 $94,283 $28.51 $25.51 10.5%
2015 32,542 227,436 218,841 15,341 $800,547 $114,638 $24.60 $21.08 14.3%