County of Howard

Demand Response at County of Howard

County of Howard carried 54,366 demand response boardings in FY2021 at $64.90 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Ellicott City, MD
FY2021 boardings
54.4K
-33.2% vs FY2020
Cost per ride
$64.90
+39.1% nationwide $54.57
Subsidy per ride
$62.88
+45% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.1%
-55.4% nationwide 5.9%
Passenger miles
453.4K
average trip 8.34 miles
Operating cost
$3.53M
Vehicles in service
22
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.41
38.6K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through October 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 54,066 449,995 38,398 $3,503,104 $64.79 $62.82 3.1% 21
Purchased transportation - taxi 300 3,381 188 $25,465 $84.88 $74.22 12.6% 1

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year County of Howard reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2021 54,366 453,376 607,414 38,586 $3,528,569 $110,104 $64.90 $62.88 3.1%
2020 81,374 735,718 828,013 50,986 $3,795,543 $265,656 $46.64 $43.38 7%
2019 99,328 902,228 976,154 57,071 $3,439,446 $248,206 $34.63 $32.13 7.2%
2018 85,772 794,672 872,267 50,291 $3,530,250 $198,854 $41.16 $38.84 5.6%
2017 82,633 843,995 838,420 50,838 $4,501,487 $234,833 $54.48 $51.63 5.2%
2016 84,468 763,136 856,467 47,963 $3,676,925 $236,698 $43.53 $40.73 6.4%
2015 84,924 1,178,435 800,196 45,683 $5,038,638 $188,141 $59.33 $57.12 3.7%