Cherokee Area Transit Service (CATS)

Demand Response at Cherokee Area Transit Service (CATS)

Cherokee Area Transit Service (CATS) carried 44,644 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $33.91 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Canton, GA
FY2024 boardings
44.6K
-0.7% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$33.91
+65.9% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$30.75
+77.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
9.3%
-39% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.51M
Vehicles in service
19
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.32
19.2K hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

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 44,644 19,249 $1,513,931 $33.91 $30.75 9.3% 19

Full series

Every year Cherokee Area Transit Service (CATS) reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 44,644 333,937 19,249 $1,513,931 $141,171 $33.91 $30.75 9.3%
2023 44,954 284,666 18,650 $919,064 $140,389 $20.44 $17.32 15.3%
2022 42,006 195,764 15,777 $838,544 $112,458 $19.96 $17.29 13.4%
2021 23,308 170,292 12,790 $695,910 $64,222 $29.86 $27.10 9.2%
2020 26,081 179,917 12,294 $1,009,171 $91,396 $38.69 $35.19 9.1%
2019 57,254 289,462 19,151 $1,057,160 $142,527 $18.46 $15.98 13.5%
2018 55,372 268,162 19,091 $873,499 $29,541 $15.78 $15.24 3.4%
2017 49,939 265,922 18,714 $745,363 $26,438 $14.93 $14.40 3.5%
2016 49,599 269,345 19,213 $674,588 $29,216 $13.60 $13.01 4.3%
2015 48,262 254,237 17,464 $613,735 $27,044 $12.72 $12.16 4.4%