Golden Empire Transit District

Demand Response at Golden Empire Transit District

Golden Empire Transit District carried 196,023 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $40.86 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Bakersfield, CA
FY2024 boardings
196K
+20.3% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$40.86
-7.4% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$36.14
-6.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
11.5%
-3.5% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
1.21M
average trip 6.18 miles
Operating cost
$8.01M
Vehicles in service
42
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.29
85.7K 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 196,023 1,210,932 85,662 $8,008,661 $40.86 $36.14 11.5% 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 Golden Empire Transit District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 196,023 1,210,932 1,448,788 85,662 $8,008,661 $923,977 $40.86 $36.14 11.5%
2023 162,915 1,025,439 1,185,123 72,571 $7,185,175 $859,294 $44.10 $38.83 12%
2022 106,797 593,029 845,048 57,438 $5,554,415 $708,197 $52.01 $45.38 12.8%
2021 78,556 405,868 620,129 47,265 $4,322,401 $481,824 $55.02 $48.89 11.1%
2020 78,845 458,150 624,970 47,002 $3,619,279 $244,014 $45.90 $42.81 6.7%
2019 55,655 390,043 486,637 33,600 $2,469,245 $175,187 $44.37 $41.22 7.1%
2018 58,241 397,522 477,081 32,580 $1,976,578 $156,246 $33.94 $31.26 7.9%
2017 61,148 396,101 472,845 34,661 $1,818,065 $164,644 $29.73 $27.04 9.1%
2016 62,660 443,920 481,389 34,003 $1,679,861 $158,102 $26.81 $24.29 9.4%
2015 54,856 374,079 443,721 31,650 $1,565,207 $122,459 $28.53 $26.30 7.8%