Chatham Area Transit Authority

Demand Response at Chatham Area Transit Authority

Chatham Area Transit Authority carried 71,148 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $52.89 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Savannah, GA
← All of Chatham Area Transit Authority
FY2024 boardings
71.1K
+2.5% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$52.89
+15.5% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$51.40
+15.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.8%
-9.8% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
566K
average trip 7.96 miles
Operating cost
$3.76M
Vehicles in service
21
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.48
48.1K 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
Directly operated 71,148 565,986 48,086 $3,762,862 $52.89 $51.40 2.8% 21

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 Chatham Area Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 71,148 565,986 762,068 48,086 $3,762,862 $105,678 $52.89 $51.40 2.8%
2023 69,395 588,124 688,629 42,465 $3,177,523 $98,942 $45.79 $44.36 3.1%
2022 71,019 582,283 731,390 41,667 $2,743,271 $90,569 $38.63 $37.35 3.3%
2021 90,917 709,439 995,220 57,925 $3,292,291 $71,278 $36.21 $35.43 2.2%
2020 108,214 1,110,942 1,142,687 67,436 $3,347,888 $140,742 $30.94 $29.64 4.2%
2019 112,915 1,450,429 1,175,719 71,442 $3,716,615 $180,311 $32.92 $31.32 4.9%
2018 108,200 978,038 1,135,533 68,914 $3,268,085 $168,881 $30.20 $28.64 5.2%
2017 107,729 980,468 1,070,730 68,825 $2,878,616 $185,865 $26.72 $25.00 6.5%
2016 98,088 819,124 897,788 56,901 $2,936,626 $172,803 $29.94 $28.18 5.9%
2015 87,085 830,133 825,050 53,932 $2,390,858 $114,536 $27.45 $26.14 4.8%