Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District

Demand Response at Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District

Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District carried 169,625 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $12.95 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Urbana, IL
FY2024 boardings
169.6K
+21.1% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$12.95
-10.8% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$10.57
-10.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
18.4%
-1.6% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
880.2K
average trip 5.19 miles
Operating cost
$2.2M
Vehicles in service
27
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.5
48.5K 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 97,012 649,980 23,095 $791,127 $8.15 $4.65 42.9% 17
Directly operated 72,613 230,242 25,378 $1,405,631 $19.36 $18.48 4.5% 10

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 Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 169,625 880,222 520,590 48,473 $2,196,758 $403,411 $12.95 $10.57 18.4%
2023 140,100 732,113 432,676 44,501 $2,034,199 $379,445 $14.52 $11.81 18.7%
2022 98,805 546,467 352,744 35,665 $1,699,106 $342,190 $17.20 $13.73 20.1%
2021 39,656 161,371 197,607 26,623 $1,667,687 $319,533 $42.05 $34.00 19.2%
2020 105,452 479,552 334,001 41,598 $1,889,952 $325,135 $17.92 $14.84 17.2%
2019 131,012 604,890 364,409 42,877 $1,805,479 $358,000 $13.78 $11.05 19.8%
2018 128,525 591,278 352,384 42,708 $1,636,691 $288,677 $12.73 $10.49 17.6%
2017 136,451 622,422 343,595 40,434 $1,523,892 $276,810 $11.17 $9.14 18.2%
2016 142,308 738,551 352,893 40,142 $1,447,148 $265,464 $10.17 $8.30 18.3%
2015 145,304 750,081 338,595 38,874 $1,324,073 $257,044 $9.11 $7.34 19.4%