Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Demand Response at Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians carried 8,951 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $66.25 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Cherokee, NC
FY2024 boardings
9K
+9% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$66.25
+6.7% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$24.98
-29.4% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
62.3%
+44.9% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$593K
Vehicles in service
11
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.01
8.9K 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, 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 8,951 8,871 $593,003 $66.25 $24.98 62.3% 11

Full series

Every year Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 8,951 155,831 8,871 $593,003 $369,439 $66.25 $24.98 62.3%
2023 8,213 109,447 10,099 $509,797 $219,226 $62.07 $35.38 43%
2022 8,616 125,380 10,220 $584,012 $274,024 $67.78 $35.98 46.9%
2021 7,080 116,160 10,956 $722,314 $110,047 $102.02 $86.48 15.2%
2020 10,666 111,590 10,154 $628,365 $126,160 $58.91 $47.08 20.1%
2019 11,304 154,473 14,441 $517,806 $223,120 $45.81 $26.07 43.1%
2018 10,221 151,234 14,793 $422,063 $135,872 $41.29 $28.00 32.2%