Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District

Demand Response at Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District

Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District carried 11,571 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $159.40 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response San Francisco, CA
FY2024 boardings
11.6K
-7.3% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$159.40
+50.8% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$152.25
+52.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.5%
-16.1% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
164.7K
average trip 14.24 miles
Operating cost
$1.84M
Vehicles in service
13
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.47
7.9K 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 11,571 164,715 7,888 $1,844,388 $159.40 $152.25 4.5% 13

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 Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 11,571 164,715 158,222 7,888 $1,844,388 $82,666 $159.40 $152.25 4.5%
2023 12,485 170,180 167,065 7,994 $1,319,993 $70,510 $105.73 $100.08 5.3%
2022 17,146 197,575 213,397 11,148 $1,717,181 $85,708 $100.15 $95.15 5%
2021 10,520 126,127 154,700 6,909 $1,539,615 $59,645 $146.35 $140.68 3.9%
2020 26,179 269,006 280,080 15,508 $1,703,609 $103,339 $65.08 $61.13 6.1%
2019 36,186 364,833 383,876 22,158 $2,011,483 $150,954 $55.59 $51.42 7.5%
2018 37,762 406,656 389,273 22,875 $2,001,792 $149,084 $53.01 $49.06 7.4%
2017 38,481 454,933 375,851 22,351 $1,904,122 $157,514 $49.48 $45.39 8.3%
2016 40,048 497,233 427,200 23,726 $2,125,383 $152,906 $53.07 $49.25 7.2%
2015 9,539 209,598 228,132 10,158 $1,293,031 $82,523 $135.55 $126.90 6.4%