Johnston County Area Transit System

Demand Response at Johnston County Area Transit System

Johnston County Area Transit System carried 120,984 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $32.04 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Smithfield, NC
FY2024 boardings
121K
+21.5% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$32.04
-15.4% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$8.30
-46.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
74.1%
+25.1% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$3.88M
Vehicles in service
29
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.54
78.8K 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 120,984 78,774 $3,876,852 $32.04 $8.30 74.1% 29

Full series

Every year Johnston County Area Transit System reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 120,984 1,210,609 78,774 $3,876,852 $2,872,612 $32.04 $8.30 74.1%
2023 99,559 1,018,525 63,815 $3,772,824 $2,235,080 $37.90 $15.45 59.2%
2022 82,864 1,073,180 62,020 $2,849,443 $21,140 $34.39 $34.13 0.7%
2021 64,010 910,968 53,123 $2,227,300 $16,710 $34.80 $34.54 0.8%
2020 81,639 1,057,408 61,453 $2,373,160 $29,890 $29.07 $28.70 1.3%
2019 93,489 1,147,599 65,600 $2,466,175 $27,710 $26.38 $26.08 1.1%
2018 93,231 1,136,221 63,487 $2,489,326 $24,635 $26.70 $26.44 1%
2017 84,629 1,134,938 60,992 $2,387,504 $20,980 $28.21 $27.96 0.9%
2016 96,358 1,194,791 63,007 $2,190,292 $20,270 $22.73 $22.52 0.9%
2015 101,397 1,199,633 63,301 $2,483,833 $14,047 $24.50 $24.36 0.6%