Great Falls Transit District

Demand Response at Great Falls Transit District

Great Falls Transit District carried 57,749 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $23.08 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Great Falls, MT
FY2024 boardings
57.7K
-0.3% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$23.08
+5.1% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$21.12
+5.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
8.5%
-4.7% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
193.4K
average trip 3.35 miles
Operating cost
$1.33M
Vehicles in service
11
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.48
23.3K 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 57,749 193,444 23,325 $1,332,948 $23.08 $21.12 8.5% 11

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 Great Falls Transit District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 57,749 193,444 286,614 23,325 $1,332,948 $113,526 $23.08 $21.12 8.5%
2023 57,950 185,176 278,226 22,936 $1,272,628 $113,791 $21.96 $20.00 8.9%
2022 46,675 147,393 235,548 19,677 $1,136,070 $99,154 $24.34 $22.22 8.7%
2021 34,557 108,645 180,519 16,214 $921,153 $67,526 $26.66 $24.70 7.3%
2020 38,243 121,301 180,619 16,030 $766,078 $76,418 $20.03 $18.03 10%
2019 43,414 143,133 198,647 17,156 $752,871 $84,571 $17.34 $15.39 11.2%
2018 38,927 124,127 181,946 15,405 $688,004 $72,249 $17.67 $15.82 10.5%
2017 34,066 108,775 160,282 13,375 $606,536 $63,195 $17.80 $15.95 10.4%
2016 31,560 98,801 149,920 12,581 $539,315 $65,534 $17.09 $15.01 12.2%
2015 32,181 100,462 149,948 12,428 $483,978 $68,386 $15.04 $12.91 14.1%