Imperial County Transportation Commission

Demand Response at Imperial County Transportation Commission

Imperial County Transportation Commission carried 103,389 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $46.68 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response El Centro, CA
FY2024 boardings
103.4K
+742.3% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$46.68
-65.1% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$44.22
-66.4% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
5.3%
+194.9% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
807.5K
average trip 7.81 miles
Operating cost
$4.83M
Vehicles in service
20
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.56
40.3K 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
Purchased transportation 103,389 807,519 40,317 $4,825,995 $46.68 $44.22 5.3% 20

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 Imperial County Transportation Commission reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 103,389 807,519 500,901 40,317 $4,825,995 $253,750 $46.68 $44.22 5.3%
2023 12,275 236,505 184,535 8,642 $1,642,835 $29,291 $133.84 $131.45 1.8%
2022 11,094 208,706 167,284 8,065 $1,285,797 $17,833 $115.90 $114.29 1.4%
2021 6,191 165,084 120,562 5,125 $1,026,013 $15,342 $165.73 $163.25 1.5%
2020 24,122 659,227 293,495 13,764 $1,605,468 $74,297 $66.56 $63.48 4.6%
2019 35,461 1,072,641 391,726 17,088 $1,865,751 $109,126 $52.61 $49.54 5.8%
2018 37,585 1,150,676 405,185 17,876 $1,843,438 $102,122 $49.05 $46.33 5.5%
2017 32,882 607,197 306,772 15,593 $1,555,997 $68,684 $47.32 $45.23 4.4%
2016 32,291 557,433 290,287 13,547 $1,580,731 $66,554 $48.95 $46.89 4.2%
2015 32,339 462,518 308,313 13,698 $1,502,277 $72,130 $46.45 $44.22 4.8%