Lancaster-Fairfield Public Transit

Demand Response at Lancaster-Fairfield Public Transit

Lancaster-Fairfield Public Transit carried 63,769 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $22.64 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Lancaster, OH
FY2025 boardings
63.8K
-27.7% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$22.64
+151.2% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$21.02
+172.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
7.2%
-50.7% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.44M
Vehicles in service
10
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
5.77
11K 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 63,769 — 11,047 $1,444,029 $22.64 $21.02 7.2% 10

Full series

Every year Lancaster-Fairfield Public Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 63,769 — 206,154 11,047 $1,444,029 $103,499 $22.64 $21.02 7.2%
2024 88,244 — 245,414 15,359 $795,405 $115,552 $9.01 $7.70 14.5%
2023 40,129 — 229,610 13,556 $1,022,005 $37,976 $25.47 $24.52 3.7%
2022 39,643 — 243,278 13,747 $810,315 $44,413 $20.44 $19.32 5.5%
2021 46,929 — 334,315 21,662 $958,050 $56,376 $20.41 $19.21 5.9%
2020 30,670 — 207,811 11,574 $670,382 $31,592 $21.86 $20.83 4.7%
2019 70,077 — 388,178 21,258 $1,365,940 $59,719 $19.49 $18.64 4.4%
2018 89,847 — 402,667 21,344 $1,173,325 $57,229 $13.06 $12.42 4.9%
2017 113,883 — 526,368 34,680 $1,635,302 $53,617 $14.36 $13.89 3.3%
2016 115,167 — 528,785 34,200 $1,437,562 $68,665 $12.48 $11.89 4.8%
2015 111,787 — 562,003 34,647 $1,573,246 $58,920 $14.07 $13.55 3.7%