Cullman Area Rural Transportation System

Demand Response at Cullman Area Rural Transportation System

Cullman Area Rural Transportation System carried 41,016 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $32.02 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Cullman, AL
FY2025 boardings
41K
+27.1% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$32.02
-28.5% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$31.05
-28.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.1%
+21.4% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.31M
Vehicles in service
30
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.78
23K hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

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
Directly operated 41,016 — 22,995 $1,313,436 $32.02 $31.05 3.1% 30

Full series

Every year Cullman Area Rural Transportation System reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 41,016 — 369,070 22,995 $1,313,436 $40,080 $32.02 $31.05 3.1%
2024 32,262 — 356,486 21,460 $1,445,744 $36,333 $44.81 $43.69 2.5%
2023 29,955 — 367,236 22,782 $1,419,927 $39,600 $47.40 $46.08 2.8%
2022 17,235 — 282,807 17,683 $1,365,276 $26,553 $79.22 $77.67 1.9%
2021 18,221 — 198,583 12,511 $1,113,777 $22,097 $61.13 $59.91 2%
2020 30,255 — 227,129 18,158 $731,530 $27,488 $24.18 $23.27 3.8%
2019 79,840 — 496,835 40,993 $1,357,087 $53,519 $17.00 $16.33 3.9%
2018 74,604 — 449,297 39,829 $1,577,506 $49,063 $21.15 $20.49 3.1%
2017 79,061 — 480,279 38,559 $1,578,668 $51,762 $19.97 $19.31 3.3%
2016 82,499 — 482,690 34,392 $1,186,653 $58,494 $14.38 $13.67 4.9%
2015 80,650 — 484,233 33,817 $1,209,180 $60,008 $14.99 $14.25 5%