Coast Transit Authority

Demand Response at Coast Transit Authority

Coast Transit Authority carried 76,412 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $43.74 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Gulfport, MS
← All of Coast Transit Authority
FY2024 boardings
76.4K
+6.3% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$43.74
+5.9% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$37.52
+10.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
14.2%
-21.3% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
611.4K
average trip 8 miles
Operating cost
$3.34M
Vehicles in service
19
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.32
33K 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 76,412 611,408 32,970 $3,342,577 $43.74 $37.52 14.2% 19

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 Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 76,412 611,408 487,833 32,970 $3,342,577 $475,796 $43.74 $37.52 14.2%
2023 71,909 565,505 565,013 37,502 $2,971,162 $537,056 $41.32 $33.85 18.1%
2022 55,072 391,024 390,612 29,955 $1,976,657 $247,899 $35.89 $31.39 12.5%
2021 29,921 273,172 273,053 21,501 $1,764,711 $46,778 $58.98 $57.42 2.7%
2020 29,798 313,820 213,985 18,821 $1,594,413 $28,184 $53.51 $52.56 1.8%
2019 43,990 429,468 250,588 20,592 $1,465,804 $29,424 $33.32 $32.65 2%
2018 46,385 453,128 252,968 21,242 $1,326,738 $33,134 $28.60 $27.89 2.5%
2017 47,440 463,592 261,001 21,439 $1,304,239 $30,919 $27.49 $26.84 2.4%
2016 45,399 1,484,444 266,300 23,048 $1,293,891 $31,160 $28.50 $27.81 2.4%
2015 48,339 1,605,338 276,654 23,200 $1,158,557 $34,436 $23.97 $23.25 3%