Fairfield and Suisun Transit

Demand Response at Fairfield and Suisun Transit

Fairfield and Suisun Transit carried 24,974 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $136.99 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Fairfield, CA
FY2024 boardings
25K
+103% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$136.99
+7.3% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$134.02
+8.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.2%
-39.6% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
230.5K
average trip 9.23 miles
Operating cost
$3.42M
Vehicles in service
10
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.42
17.5K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through July 2026.

This year against the last five

Same months on one axis, so seasonality does not read as a trend

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
Purchased transportation 24,974 230,526 17,544 $3,421,094 $136.99 $134.02 2.2% 10

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year Fairfield and Suisun Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 24,974 230,526 192,196 17,544 $3,421,094 $74,020 $136.99 $134.02 2.2%
2023 12,305 125,265 94,892 7,457 $1,571,486 $56,317 $127.71 $123.13 3.6%
2022 9,031 91,936 72,083 5,542 $1,245,821 $52,303 $137.95 $132.16 4.2%
2021 6,333 64,491 56,078 4,083 $1,096,001 $12,138 $173.06 $171.15 1.1%
2020 14,099 128,442 130,261 8,237 $1,177,668 $76,431 $83.53 $78.11 6.5%
2019 21,899 199,488 196,452 11,676 $1,218,223 $113,337 $55.63 $50.45 9.3%
2018 25,324 244,149 229,706 13,914 $1,424,365 $112,786 $56.25 $51.79 7.9%
2017 25,461 245,106 236,479 14,558 $1,406,445 $125,665 $55.24 $50.30 8.9%
2016 25,184 241,272 230,894 13,710 $1,287,472 $111,298 $51.12 $46.70 8.6%
2015 25,669 245,889 218,599 13,492 $1,234,129 $105,217 $48.08 $43.98 8.5%