Eastern Sierra Transit Authority

Demand Response at Eastern Sierra Transit Authority

Eastern Sierra Transit Authority carried 56,496 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $32.86 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Bishop, CA
← All of Eastern Sierra Transit Authority
FY2024 boardings
56.5K
+6.5% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$32.86
+21.4% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$29.78
+22.7% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
9.4%
-8.9% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.86M
Vehicles in service
8
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.9
19.5K 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 56,496 — 19,459 $1,856,189 $32.86 $29.78 9.4% 8

Full series

Every year Eastern Sierra Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 56,496 — 170,407 19,459 $1,856,189 $173,638 $32.86 $29.78 9.4%
2023 53,056 — 156,732 18,194 $1,435,603 $147,475 $27.06 $24.28 10.3%
2022 42,871 — 148,213 16,210 $1,348,656 $116,481 $31.46 $28.74 8.6%
2021 35,231 — 134,708 16,751 $1,135,512 $91,999 $32.23 $29.62 8.1%
2020 46,526 — 144,867 17,203 $1,157,491 $114,749 $24.88 $22.41 9.9%
2019 57,722 — 165,559 17,821 $1,142,581 $137,339 $19.79 $17.42 12%
2018 59,418 — 175,085 17,962 $1,148,177 $89,089 $19.32 $17.82 7.8%
2017 57,134 — 165,533 17,303 $1,179,830 $133,512 $20.65 $18.31 11.3%
2016 55,238 — 166,154 17,161 $1,177,698 $133,577 $21.32 $18.90 11.3%
2015 52,860 — 160,748 16,640 $955,260 $128,985 $18.07 $15.63 13.5%