Go COMO

Demand Response at Go COMO

Go COMO carried 61,768 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $35.20 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Columbia, MO
FY2024 boardings
61.8K
+8.9% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$35.20
-1% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$33.58
-3.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.6%
+84.6% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
355.1K
average trip 5.75 miles
Operating cost
$2.17M
Vehicles in service
15
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.61
23.6K 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
Directly operated 61,768 355,109 23,645 $2,174,532 $35.20 $33.58 4.6% 15

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 Go COMO reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 61,768 355,109 294,181 23,645 $2,174,532 $100,240 $35.20 $33.58 4.6%
2023 56,704 310,264 262,456 21,054 $2,016,987 $50,371 $35.57 $34.68 2.5%
2022 46,125 180,346 223,687 17,164 $1,774,354 $46,910 $38.47 $37.45 2.6%
2021 34,611 125,805 171,934 14,503 $1,539,208 $60,552 $44.47 $42.72 3.9%
2020 38,056 141,656 197,044 15,853 $1,367,833 $78,487 $35.94 $33.88 5.7%
2019 52,868 294,997 268,235 19,855 $1,307,554 $156,493 $24.73 $21.77 12%
2018 53,398 284,698 265,934 21,093 $1,193,505 $138,677 $22.35 $19.75 11.6%
2017 53,768 286,712 282,052 21,416 $1,093,705 $159,471 $20.34 $17.38 14.6%
2016 54,596 294,140 297,120 22,860 $1,251,887 $164,523 $22.93 $19.92 13.1%
2015 57,708 291,840 276,764 21,636 $1,286,026 $202,576 $22.29 $18.77 15.8%