Harrisonburg Department of Public Transportation

Demand Response at Harrisonburg Department of Public Transportation

Harrisonburg Department of Public Transportation carried 46,243 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $25.36 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Harrisonburg, VA
FY2024 boardings
46.2K
+17% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$25.36
+1.9% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$18.49
+3.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
27.1%
-4.1% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
143.7K
average trip 3.11 miles
Operating cost
$1.17M
Vehicles in service
9
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.43
19.1K 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 46,243 143,726 19,063 $1,172,544 $25.36 $18.49 27.1% 9

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 Harrisonburg Department of Public Transportation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 46,243 143,726 201,017 19,063 $1,172,544 $317,395 $25.36 $18.49 27.1%
2023 39,536 125,513 175,965 16,390 $983,375 $277,603 $24.87 $17.85 28.2%
2022 32,274 104,052 150,127 14,054 $879,554 $212,503 $27.25 $20.67 24.2%
2021 24,210 74,373 115,646 11,732 $699,431 $312,724 $28.89 $15.97 44.7%
2020 27,146 87,575 114,875 11,657 $629,752 $293,534 $23.20 $12.39 46.6%
2019 32,311 104,368 132,883 13,121 $700,029 $166,859 $21.67 $16.50 23.8%
2018 32,708 109,076 142,410 13,697 $685,157 $140,408 $20.95 $16.65 20.5%
2017 30,483 101,574 132,505 13,044 $601,832 $141,880 $19.74 $15.09 23.6%
2016 30,123 95,529 125,188 12,774 $598,286 $125,779 $19.86 $15.69 21%
2015 28,290 91,255 115,674 12,844 $659,661 $109,064 $23.32 $19.46 16.5%