Heart of Texas Council of Governments

Demand Response at Heart of Texas Council of Governments

Heart of Texas Council of Governments carried 33,063 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $48.05 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Waco, TX
FY2024 boardings
33.1K
+18.5% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$48.05
-5.9% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$46.78
-5.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.6%
-9.4% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.59M
Vehicles in service
16
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.22
27.1K hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

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 33,063 27,055 $1,588,822 $48.05 $46.78 2.6% 16

Full series

Every year Heart of Texas Council of Governments reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 33,063 600,107 27,055 $1,588,822 $42,083 $48.05 $46.78 2.6%
2023 27,892 524,651 23,969 $1,423,651 $41,632 $51.04 $49.55 2.9%
2022 22,737 459,608 21,844 $1,411,272 $62.07
2021 23,302 463,306 22,343 $1,460,900 $4,934 $62.69 $62.48 0.3%
2020 27,944 450,851 19,879 $1,485,026 $27,841 $53.14 $52.15 1.9%
2019 30,172 410,768 21,281 $1,437,251 $45,103 $47.64 $46.14 3.1%
2018 34,631 456,515 21,890 $1,237,366 $37,100 $35.73 $34.66 3%
2017 30,845 340,371 17,444 $1,784,179 $39,226 $57.84 $56.57 2.2%
2016 47,436 515,790 27,447 $2,407,819 $48,383 $50.76 $49.74 2%
2015 46,514 808,732 37,193 $2,767,602 $94,247 $59.50 $57.47 3.4%