City of Elk Grove
Demand Response at City of Elk Grove
City of Elk Grove carried 9,068 demand response boardings in FY2021 at $136.38 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.
Demand Response
Elk Grove, CA
FY2021 boardings
9.1K
-41.8%
vs FY2020
Cost per ride
$136.38
+64.9%
nationwide $54.57
Subsidy per ride
$129.75
+65.9%
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.9%
-10.8%
nationwide 5.9%
Passenger miles
42.4K
average trip 4.68 miles
Operating cost
$1.24M
Vehicles in service
7
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.3
7K hours operated
Ridership
Monthly data through June 2021.
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, FY2021
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 | 9,068 | 42,415 | 6,951 | $1,236,692 | $136.38 | $129.75 | 4.9% | 7 |
Safety and reliability
For this service alone.
Events by year
Complete calendar years only
Full series
Every year City of Elk Grove reported this service.
| Year | Boardings | Passenger miles | Revenue miles | Revenue hours | Operating cost | Fares | Cost / ride | Subsidy / ride | Fare recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9,068 | 42,415 | 64,112 | 6,951 | $1,236,692 | $60,079 | $136.38 | $129.75 | 4.9% |
| 2020 | 15,581 | 101,365 | 114,774 | 10,618 | $1,288,739 | $70,202 | $82.71 | $78.21 | 5.4% |
| 2019 | 20,380 | 134,224 | 159,888 | 14,341 | $1,830,734 | $112,254 | $89.83 | $84.32 | 6.1% |
| 2018 | 20,784 | 129,667 | 162,718 | 13,500 | $1,663,881 | $99,703 | $80.06 | $75.26 | 6% |
| 2017 | 23,934 | 150,112 | 180,288 | 14,350 | $1,740,376 | $123,776 | $72.72 | $67.54 | 7.1% |
| 2016 | 22,507 | 170,982 | 172,009 | 12,489 | $1,454,360 | $103,209 | $64.62 | $60.03 | 7.1% |
| 2015 | 27,529 | 200,444 | 191,459 | 11,908 | $1,370,997 | $118,395 | $49.80 | $45.50 | 8.6% |