Coast RTA

Demand Response at Coast RTA

Coast RTA carried 28,948 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $70.85 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Conway, SC
← All of Coast RTA
FY2024 boardings
28.9K
-0.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$70.85
+10.5% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$69.35
+10.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.1%
-9.5% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
346.5K
average trip 11.97 miles
Operating cost
$2.05M
Vehicles in service
13
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.55
18.7K 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 28,948 346,488 18,671 $2,051,059 $70.85 $69.35 2.1% 13

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 Coast RTA reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 28,948 346,488 381,975 18,671 $2,051,059 $43,422 $70.85 $69.35 2.1%
2023 28,995 — 355,998 18,095 $1,859,136 $43,496 $64.12 $62.62 2.3%
2022 24,289 — 314,858 15,873 $1,639,129 $31 $67.48 $67.48 0%
2021 16,324 — 242,186 12,179 $1,201,974 $29,701 $73.63 $71.81 2.5%
2020 17,295 — 228,155 12,206 $1,151,531 $30,298 $66.58 $64.83 2.6%
2019 16,338 — 251,967 14,273 $1,060,370 $45,332 $64.90 $62.13 4.3%
2018 13,695 — 232,443 15,981 $1,034,928 $39,683 $75.57 $72.67 3.8%
2017 11,875 — 186,318 14,035 $884,171 $33,040 $74.46 $71.67 3.7%
2016 8,081 — 138,970 11,352 $778,001 $21,749 $96.28 $93.58 2.8%
2015 4,901 75,990 75,990 6,019 $510,241 $12,165 $104.11 $101.63 2.4%