Charlotte County Transit Division

Demand Response at Charlotte County Transit Division

Charlotte County Transit Division carried 85,946 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $40.42 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Port Charlotte, FL
FY2024 boardings
85.9K
+47.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$40.42
-8% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$40.03
-8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
1%
+0.2% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
662.5K
average trip 7.71 miles
Operating cost
$3.47M
Vehicles in service
23
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.78
30.9K 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 84,813 649,341 30,265 $3,412,197 $40.23 $39.84 1% 20
Directly operated 1,133 13,168 600 $61,437 $54.23 3

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 Charlotte County Transit Division reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 85,946 662,509 549,401 30,865 $3,473,634 $33,563 $40.42 $40.03 1%
2023 58,403 523,957 391,867 25,274 $2,564,632 $24,729 $43.91 $43.49 1%
2022 68,825 544,537 414,021 26,377 $2,983,789 $32,390 $43.35 $42.88 1.1%
2021 60,824 556,817 451,642 27,045 $2,833,013 $28,464 $46.58 $46.11 1%
2020 86,149 758,139 571,013 36,049 $3,247,138 $82,818 $37.69 $36.73 2.6%
2019 130,125 1,321,350 828,103 50,878 $3,594,361 $212,237 $27.62 $25.99 5.9%
2018 127,846 1,261,723 809,642 49,354 $3,394,789 $209,076 $26.55 $24.92 6.2%
2017 125,503 1,042,264 808,033 54,652 $3,321,829 $183,213 $26.47 $25.01 5.5%
2016 107,802 1,837,907 793,788 51,210 $2,563,189 $219,622 $23.78 $21.74 8.6%
2015 94,723 1,456,503 675,027 42,002 $2,384,249 $230,769 $25.17 $22.73 9.7%