Dutchess County Public Transit

Demand Response at Dutchess County Public Transit

Dutchess County Public Transit carried 22,361 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $192.50 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Poughkeepsie, NY
FY2024 boardings
22.4K
-5.9% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$192.50
+13.6% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$190.17
+13.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
1.2%
-13.8% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
205.5K
average trip 9.19 miles
Operating cost
$4.3M
Vehicles in service
14
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.68
13.3K 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 22,361 205,468 13,278 $4,304,428 $192.50 $190.17 1.2% 14

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 Dutchess County Public Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 22,361 205,468 204,824 13,278 $4,304,428 $51,974 $192.50 $190.17 1.2%
2023 23,751 191,034 190,558 13,636 $4,023,208 $56,335 $169.39 $167.02 1.4%
2022 23,799 187,488 187,352 13,855 $3,587,808 $54,487 $150.75 $148.47 1.5%
2021 19,646 166,676 156,544 11,590 $3,070,322 $45,213 $156.28 $153.98 1.5%
2020 12,289 104,250 104,233 7,149 $3,041,694 $25,208 $247.51 $245.46 0.8%
2019 24,696 181,050 179,399 12,076 $3,192,274 $50,664 $129.26 $127.21 1.6%
2018 22,064 165,288 163,652 11,000 $3,371,298 $45,485 $152.80 $150.73 1.3%
2017 20,502 165,894 162,972 10,987 $2,863,913 $44,553 $139.69 $137.52 1.6%
2016 20,139 160,105 156,805 9,501 $2,931,369 $70,379 $145.56 $142.06 2.4%
2015 18,834 156,464 153,073 8,281 $2,906,755 $72,804 $154.34 $150.47 2.5%