Kennebec Valley Community Action Program

Demand Response at Kennebec Valley Community Action Program

Kennebec Valley Community Action Program carried 125,886 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $90.07 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Waterville, ME
FY2025 boardings
125.9K
+17.9% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$90.07
-19.5% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$89.51
-19.7% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
0.6%
+35.8% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$11.3M
Vehicles in service
43
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.95
64.5K 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 125,886 — 64,524 $11,338,710 $90.07 $89.51 0.6% 43

Full series

Every year Kennebec Valley Community Action Program reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 125,886 — 1,396,723 64,524 $11,338,710 $70,070 $90.07 $89.51 0.6%
2024 106,744 — 1,183,028 60,539 $11,948,104 $54,380 $111.93 $111.42 0.5%
2023 87,629 — 1,188,729 55,905 $11,001,667 $3,744 $125.55 $125.51 0%
2022 81,628 — 1,091,113 53,454 $8,844,295 $2,117 $108.35 $108.32 0%
2021 65,262 — 581,361 54,375 $8,729,972 $4,812 $133.77 $133.69 0.1%
2020 69,563 — 752,845 54,642 $7,447,844 $1,336 $107.07 $107.05 0%
2019 96,885 — 920,078 57,999 $2,721,470 — $28.09 — —
2018 102,704 — 997,209 58,240 $2,314,920 $12,865 $22.54 $22.41 0.6%
2017 93,945 — 786,389 50,960 $2,041,635 $14,522 $21.73 $21.58 0.7%
2016 98,628 — 653,302 44,000 $1,707,801 $21,325 $17.32 $17.10 1.2%
2015 102,415 — 756,344 35,360 $1,138,296 $59,094 $11.11 $10.54 5.2%