Etowah County Rural Transportation

Demand Response at Etowah County Rural Transportation

Etowah County Rural Transportation carried 5,880 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $49.91 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Gadsden, AL
FY2024 boardings
5.9K
-6.5% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$49.91
-33.1% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$41.66
-38.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
16.5%
+71.4% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$293.5K
Vehicles in service
5
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.27
4.6K 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 5,880 4,616 $293,477 $49.91 $41.66 16.5% 5

Full series

Every year Etowah County Rural Transportation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 5,880 99,604 4,616 $293,477 $48,535 $49.91 $41.66 16.5%
2023 6,287 114,731 5,856 $468,837 $45,236 $74.57 $67.38 9.6%
2022 5,401 107,568 5,891 $487,225 $23,156 $90.21 $85.92 4.8%
2021 4,310 131,192 8,003 $458,580 $21,850 $106.40 $101.33 4.8%
2020 4,882 142,409 6,434 $489,188 $19,966 $100.20 $96.11 4.1%
2019 12,241 167,200 6,537 $553,322 $53,949 $45.20 $40.80 9.8%
2018 9,879 126,271 5,185 $471,408 $45,966 $47.72 $43.07 9.8%
2017 7,886 120,092 4,905 $315,779 $40,253 $40.04 $34.94 12.7%
2016 15,145 131,279 5,512 $220,982 $12,638 $14.59 $13.76 5.7%
2015 14,784 138,995 11,640 $294,092 $11,899 $19.89 $19.09 4%