LACMTA - Small Operators

Demand Response at LACMTA - Small Operators

LACMTA - Small Operators carried 1,408,649 demand response boardings in FY2015 at $18.76 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Los Angeles, CA
FY2015 boardings
1.41M
vs FY2014
Cost per ride
$18.76
nationwide $28.54
Subsidy per ride
$18.06
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.8%
nationwide 7.7%
Passenger miles
4.8M
average trip 3.41 miles
Operating cost
$26.4M
Vehicles in service
267
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
4.18
337.2K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 2015.

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, FY2015

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 894,858 3,186,714 273,763 $21,035,548 $23.51 $23.00 2.2% 180
Purchased transportation - taxi 513,791 1,613,883 63,467 $5,397,347 $10.50 $9.44 10.1% 87

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year LACMTA - Small Operators reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2015 1,408,649 4,800,597 3,806,106 337,230 $26,432,895 $999,151 $18.76 $18.06 3.8%