County of Maui

Demand Response at County of Maui

County of Maui carried 219,756 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $51.44 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Wailuku, HI
FY2025 boardings
219.8K
+44.1% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$51.44
-26% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$50.89
-26.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
1.1%
+146.3% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
1.75M
average trip 7.98 miles
Operating cost
$11.3M
Vehicles in service
59
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.06
71.9K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 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, FY2025

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 219,756 1,753,699 71,892 $11,304,189 $51.44 $50.89 1.1% 59

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 County of Maui reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 219,756 1,753,699 1,090,296 71,892 $11,304,189 $120,047 $51.44 $50.89 1.1%
2024 152,485 1,271,474 867,914 57,689 $10,602,423 $45,717 $69.53 $69.23 0.4%
2023 167,120 1,338,085 929,647 59,276 $10,676,988 $91,170 $63.89 $63.34 0.9%
2022 143,533 1,094,867 890,742 58,019 $9,005,619 $84,242 $62.74 $62.16 0.9%
2021 101,746 800,800 747,040 47,735 $6,730,812 $74,311 $66.15 $65.42 1.1%
2020 222,446 1,834,674 1,028,425 67,143 $9,971,944 $97,804 $44.83 $44.39 1%
2019 281,780 2,137,618 1,126,791 72,606 $9,553,933 $107,131 $33.91 $33.53 1.1%
2018 304,705 2,231,096 1,225,119 75,149 $8,301,655 $80,564 $27.24 $26.98 1%
2017 334,732 2,426,588 1,330,569 79,458 $8,066,485 $65,884 $24.10 $23.90 0.8%
2016 420,126 2,943,803 1,448,671 116,654 $8,026,664 $61,130 $19.11 $18.96 0.8%
2015 431,800 2,568,276 1,452,146 122,411 $8,159,861 $52,795 $18.90 $18.78 0.6%