Iowa Northland Regional Transportation Authority

Demand Response at Iowa Northland Regional Transportation Authority

Iowa Northland Regional Transportation Authority carried 36,781 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $43.74 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Waterloo, IA
FY2024 boardings
36.8K
+12.3% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$43.74
-7% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$22.20
-28.7% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
49.2%
+45.5% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.61M
Vehicles in service
19
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.34
15.7K 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 36,781 15,736 $1,608,852 $43.74 $22.20 49.2% 19

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
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%