Education and Training Connection

Demand Response at Education and Training Connection

Education and Training Connection carried 69,330 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $46.99 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Midland, MI
FY2025 boardings
69.3K
+7.6% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$46.99
-20.4% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$44.15
-22% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
6%
+45.1% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$3.26M
Vehicles in service
25
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.45
47.8K 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 69,330 — 47,776 $3,257,511 $46.99 $44.15 6% 25

Full series

Every year Education and Training Connection reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 69,330 — 1,088,247 47,776 $3,257,511 $196,431 $46.99 $44.15 6%
2024 64,440 — 1,048,777 45,579 $3,804,328 $158,091 $59.04 $56.58 4.2%
2023 62,908 — 954,068 39,983 $2,930,010 $173,953 $46.58 $43.81 5.9%
2022 53,825 — 906,250 39,326 $2,619,721 $130,983 $48.67 $46.24 5%
2021 42,827 — 785,688 33,996 $2,526,300 $100,975 $58.99 $56.63 4%
2020 51,241 — 835,942 34,541 $2,319,363 $129,770 $45.26 $42.73 5.6%
2019 76,996 — 1,102,882 47,141 $2,624,561 $187,905 $34.09 $31.65 7.2%
2018 77,459 — 1,075,725 46,745 $2,559,767 $44,351 $33.05 $32.47 1.7%
2017 74,124 — 1,035,790 45,998 $2,641,269 $220,510 $35.63 $32.66 8.3%
2016 76,331 — 1,052,122 48,723 $2,415,686 $209,175 $31.65 $28.91 8.7%
2015 79,812 — 1,090,041 51,116 $2,480,890 $211,653 $31.08 $28.43 8.5%