Gary Public Transportation Corporation

Demand Response at Gary Public Transportation Corporation

Gary Public Transportation Corporation carried 9,694 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $101.68 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Gary, IN
FY2025 boardings
9.7K
-23.5% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$101.68
+20.1% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$99.28
+20.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.4%
-20.3% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
61.9K
average trip 6.38 miles
Operating cost
$985.7K
Vehicles in service
4
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.67
5.8K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 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, 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 9,694 61,856 5,792 $985,715 $101.68 $99.28 2.4% 4

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 Gary Public Transportation Corporation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 9,694 61,856 81,086 5,792 $985,715 $23,310 $101.68 $99.28 2.4%
2024 12,665 80,814 95,756 6,730 $1,072,228 $31,802 $84.66 $82.15 3%
2023 13,360 85,249 98,870 7,400 $720,548 $31,226 $53.93 $51.60 4.3%
2022 13,101 69,697 75,016 5,732 $407,531 $33,868 $31.11 $28.52 8.3%
2021 14,125 75,145 68,478 4,970 $931,096 $32,214 $65.92 $63.64 3.5%
2020 12,554 66,781 64,167 4,869 $685,288 $34,987 $54.59 $51.80 5.1%
2019 15,286 81,314 82,878 6,296 $555,554 $52,922 $36.34 $32.88 9.5%
2018 15,419 82,021 91,476 5,673 $724,477 $50,123 $46.99 $43.74 6.9%
2017 15,264 81,196 91,134 5,442 $717,960 $45,068 $47.04 $44.08 6.3%
2016 14,390 77,418 82,789 5,165 $679,060 $42,517 $47.19 $44.24 6.3%
2015 14,063 75,594 79,888 4,565 $734,637 $37,934 $52.24 $49.54 5.2%