Lebanon Transit

Demand Response at Lebanon Transit

Lebanon Transit carried 38,572 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $51.14 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Lebanon, PA
FY2025 boardings
38.6K
+1.1% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$51.14
+22.1% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$31.63
+38.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
38.1%
-15.9% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
322.6K
average trip 8.36 miles
Operating cost
$1.97M
Vehicles in service
13
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.46
15.7K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 2026.

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, 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 38,572 322,594 15,672 $1,972,507 $51.14 $31.63 38.1% 13

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year Lebanon Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 38,572 322,594 252,895 15,672 $1,972,507 $752,479 $51.14 $31.63 38.1%
2024 38,168 326,236 241,072 15,035 $1,598,061 $724,558 $41.87 $22.89 45.3%
2023 39,407 341,737 246,544 14,773 $1,421,447 $772,801 $36.07 $16.46 54.4%
2022 39,202 344,688 255,915 15,042 $1,418,841 $785,100 $36.19 $16.17 55.3%
2021 27,413 210,094 190,424 11,920 $1,241,526 $545,708 $45.29 $25.38 44%
2020 39,333 341,522 220,162 14,489 $1,374,935 $786,125 $34.96 $14.97 57.2%
2019 50,066 407,909 261,623 16,727 $1,440,266 $995,663 $28.77 $8.88 69.1%
2018 47,567 385,372 235,508 15,216 $1,286,560 $939,985 $27.05 $7.29 73.1%
2017 47,327 387,206 230,497 15,072 $1,059,156 $982,408 $22.38 $1.62 92.8%
2016 51,310 455,500 241,257 15,410 $1,027,380 $1,021,140 $20.02 $0.12 99.4%
2015 48,753 401,558 247,201 16,388 $1,028,945 $977,063 $21.11 $1.06 95%