Chief Executive Officer

Demand Response at Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer carried 267,149 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $50.20 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Tampa, FL
FY2024 boardings
267.1K
+15.7% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$50.20
+4.5% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$46.45
+4.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
7.5%
+5.7% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
2.27M
average trip 8.5 miles
Operating cost
$13.4M
Vehicles in service
100
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.77
151.3K 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 175,847 1,775,942 126,603 $11,873,902 $67.52 $63.90 5.4% 49
Purchased transportation - taxi 91,302 494,839 24,680 $1,536,835 $16.83 $12.83 23.8% 51

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 Chief Executive Officer reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 267,149 2,270,781 2,234,783 151,283 $13,410,737 $1,001,965 $50.20 $46.45 7.5%
2023 230,811 2,264,555 2,041,527 131,743 $11,085,618 $783,493 $48.03 $44.63 7.1%
2022 215,548 1,842,068 1,843,348 132,083 $10,266,316 $865,294 $47.63 $43.61 8.4%
2021 142,297 1,161,476 1,396,584 106,592 $8,802,158 $525,652 $61.86 $58.16 6%
2020 140,509 1,258,118 1,347,846 93,127 $5,290,226 $564,500 $37.65 $33.63 10.7%
2019 196,897 1,907,491 1,809,676 120,620 $6,737,961 $789,186 $34.22 $30.21 11.7%
2018 172,054 1,575,340 1,514,934 104,286 $6,144,538 $692,382 $35.71 $31.69 11.3%
2017 153,982 1,455,969 1,466,213 100,675 $5,887,930 $617,985 $38.24 $34.22 10.5%
2016 155,057 1,410,792 1,420,606 96,861 $5,701,608 $604,772 $36.77 $32.87 10.6%
2015 158,088 1,329,751 1,387,827 93,469 $4,656,056 $545,456 $29.45 $26.00 11.7%