GoWake Access

Demand Response at GoWake Access

GoWake Access carried 138,308 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $73.61 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Raleigh, NC
FY2025 boardings
138.3K
-29.9% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$73.61
+33.8% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$41.16
+21% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
44.1%
+15.6% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
763.6K
average trip 5.52 miles
Operating cost
$10.2M
Vehicles in service
60
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.84
75.1K 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
Purchased transportation 138,308 763,603 75,052 $10,180,560 $73.61 $41.16 44.1% 60

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 GoWake Access reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 138,308 763,603 1,425,530 75,052 $10,180,560 $4,487,674 $73.61 $41.16 44.1%
2024 197,379 1,854,552 1,866,067 95,871 $10,856,498 $4,139,965 $55.00 $34.03 38.1%
2023 168,233 1,407,813 1,799,136 74,728 $12,704,437 $3,347,236 $75.52 $55.62 26.3%
2022 127,935 1,252,123 1,648,111 79,901 $5,891,182 $2,868,834 $46.05 $23.62 48.7%
2021 123,681 1,322,186 1,866,067 95,871 $5,506,379 $2,649,974 $44.52 $23.09 48.1%
2020 180,137 2,389,481 2,100,380 116,259 $5,648,886 $226,123 $31.36 $30.10 4%
2019 196,041 2,785,545 2,136,598 114,331 $4,381,182 $287,572 $22.35 $20.88 6.6%
2018 180,328 2,477,989 2,189,244 110,332 $5,187,137 $219,974 $28.77 $27.55 4.2%
2017 186,842 2,650,545 2,659,753 133,387 $5,324,474 $194,627 $28.50 $27.46 3.7%
2016 192,555 2,588,004 2,559,871 118,217 $5,052,162 $138,069 $26.24 $25.52 2.7%
2015 178,407 2,341,152 2,341,152 104,805 $5,283,922 $104,326 $29.62 $29.03 2%