Eaton County Transportation Authority

Demand Response at Eaton County Transportation Authority

Eaton County Transportation Authority carried 82,513 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $37.13 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Charlotte, MI
FY2025 boardings
82.5K
+4.3% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$37.13
-1.2% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$35.53
-1.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.3%
+1.8% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$3.06M
Vehicles in service
27
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2
41.2K 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 82,513 — 41,220 $3,063,593 $37.13 $35.53 4.3% 27

Full series

Every year Eaton County Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 82,513 — 773,762 41,220 $3,063,593 $132,187 $37.13 $35.53 4.3%
2024 79,139 — 673,280 36,044 $2,973,368 $126,000 $37.57 $35.98 4.2%
2023 73,688 — 561,716 29,729 $2,414,660 $110,468 $32.77 $31.27 4.6%
2022 76,292 — 571,044 30,893 $2,173,533 $115,186 $28.49 $26.98 5.3%
2021 61,657 — 503,375 27,795 $2,050,057 $91,544 $33.25 $31.76 4.5%
2020 73,799 — 536,788 28,563 $2,068,135 $82,312 $28.02 $26.91 4%
2019 120,819 — 612,363 35,025 $2,377,458 $161,280 $19.68 $18.34 6.8%
2018 139,086 — 747,457 39,524 $2,331,413 $166,181 $16.76 $15.57 7.1%
2017 132,505 — 736,547 39,606 $2,189,465 $168,849 $16.52 $15.25 7.7%
2016 135,685 — 791,812 41,278 $2,226,933 $175,647 $16.41 $15.12 7.9%
2015 136,701 — 787,688 42,891 $2,402,100 $254,022 $17.57 $15.71 10.6%