Escambia County Alabama Transit System

Demand Response at Escambia County Alabama Transit System

Escambia County Alabama Transit System carried 13,463 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $20.60 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Brewton, AL
FY2025 boardings
13.5K
-26.6% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$20.60
+34.3% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$19.00
+36.7% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
7.8%
-17.3% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$277.4K
Vehicles in service
7
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.84
3.5K 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, 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 13,463 — 3,510 $277,390 $20.60 $19.00 7.8% 7

Full series

Every year Escambia County Alabama Transit System reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 13,463 — 77,219 3,510 $277,390 $21,542 $20.60 $19.00 7.8%
2024 18,339 — 109,224 5,979 $281,313 $26,426 $15.34 $13.90 9.4%
2023 14,806 — 102,342 6,226 $233,801 $22,983 $15.79 $14.24 9.8%
2022 12,641 — 40,438 2,669 $230,899 $20,500 $18.27 $16.64 8.9%
2021 12,083 — 37,052 2,471 $200,241 $16,972 $16.57 $15.17 8.5%
2020 12,794 — 44,702 3,002 $252,190 $20,902 $19.71 $18.08 8.3%
2019 27,179 — 77,775 5,491 $253,678 $12,684 $9.33 $8.87 5%
2018 27,893 — 62,552 6,333 $279,628 $37,727 $10.03 $8.67 13.5%
2017 26,997 — 76,182 6,088 $267,190 $34,850 $9.90 $8.61 13%
2016 26,660 — 75,679 6,602 $249,822 $34,394 $9.37 $8.08 13.8%
2015 34,843 — 104,865 8,230 $292,931 $42,803 $8.41 $7.18 14.6%