Iowa City Transit

Demand Response at Iowa City Transit

Iowa City Transit carried — demand response boardings in FY2024 at — per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Iowa City, IA
FY2024 boardings
vs FY2023
Cost per ride
nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.4%
-91.7% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$307K
Vehicles in service
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
— hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 2020.

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 $306,973 3.4%

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Iowa City Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 $306,973 $10,384 3.4%
2023 $307,490 $125,206 40.7%
2022 $215,216 $95,520 44.4%
2021 $151,335 $40,671 26.9%
2020 73,489 318,507 266,204 27,966 $2,119,524 $136,174 $28.84 $26.99 6.4%
2019 96,815 427,424 327,353 34,134 $1,932,677 $183,102 $19.96 $18.07 9.5%
2018 $170,784
2017 $152,094 $165,472 108.8%
2016 $143,203 $170,934 119.4%
2015 $9,889 $161,839 1636.6%