Fresno Area Express

Demand Response at Fresno Area Express

Fresno Area Express carried 154,181 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $55.55 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Fresno, CA
← All of Fresno Area Express
FY2024 boardings
154.2K
+10.5% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$55.55
-5.4% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$54.25
-5.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.3%
-2.9% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
1.07M
average trip 6.91 miles
Operating cost
$8.56M
Vehicles in service
42
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2
77.2K 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 154,181 1,065,377 77,227 $8,564,741 $55.55 $54.25 2.3% 42

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 Fresno Area Express reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 154,181 1,065,377 906,764 77,227 $8,564,741 $200,070 $55.55 $54.25 2.3%
2023 139,543 992,629 836,817 70,901 $8,191,889 $197,121 $58.71 $57.29 2.4%
2022 134,724 922,820 798,928 67,640 $7,516,475 $144,834 $55.79 $54.72 1.9%
2021 96,478 553,443 622,633 60,090 $6,136,125 $117,714 $63.60 $62.38 1.9%
2020 170,721 1,201,863 928,054 85,622 $7,345,269 $281,026 $43.02 $41.38 3.8%
2019 220,351 1,604,698 1,213,011 104,088 $7,850,700 $326,496 $35.63 $34.15 4.2%
2018 213,026 1,524,485 1,212,603 104,147 $7,204,580 $294,817 $33.82 $32.44 4.1%
2017 199,948 1,458,735 1,156,767 98,107 $6,580,419 $259,414 $32.91 $31.61 3.9%
2016 201,826 1,472,119 1,140,144 95,484 $6,437,053 $257,075 $31.89 $30.62 4%
2015 209,431 1,469,921 1,147,886 99,946 $7,023,840 $298,822 $33.54 $32.11 4.3%