Iowa Northland Regional Transportation Authority

Demand Response at Iowa Northland Regional Transportation Authority

Iowa Northland Regional Transportation Authority carried 34,721 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $50.94 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Waterloo, IA
FY2025 boardings
34.7K
-5.6% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$50.94
+16.5% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$29.10
+31.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
42.9%
-12.9% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.77M
Vehicles in service
20
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.46
14.1K 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, FY2025

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 34,721 — 14,089 $1,768,606 $50.94 $29.10 42.9% 20

Full series

Every year Iowa Northland Regional Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 34,721 — 324,485 14,089 $1,768,606 $758,328 $50.94 $29.10 42.9%
2024 36,781 — 365,966 15,736 $1,608,852 $792,269 $43.74 $22.20 49.2%
2023 32,762 — 338,074 14,026 $1,541,504 $521,563 $47.05 $31.13 33.8%
2022 27,103 — 292,820 12,728 $1,482,786 $90,146 $54.71 $51.38 6.1%
2021 22,471 — 264,001 12,393 $1,248,531 $63,712 $55.56 $52.73 5.1%
2020 64,163 — 313,569 17,387 $1,501,811 $243,740 $23.41 $19.61 16.2%
2019 94,650 — 426,415 24,936 $1,856,332 $50,544 $19.61 $19.08 2.7%
2018 102,357 — 448,071 22,644 $2,024,313 $49,418 $19.78 $19.29 2.4%
2017 107,292 — 436,997 23,392 $1,957,509 $59,711 $18.24 $17.69 3.1%
2016 114,134 — 415,662 23,475 $1,773,471 $48,843 $15.54 $15.11 2.8%
2015 160,649 — 475,090 25,411 $2,107,162 $9,507 $13.12 $13.06 0.5%