Lee-Russell Public Transit and Phenix City Express

Demand Response at Lee-Russell Public Transit and Phenix City Express

Lee-Russell Public Transit and Phenix City Express carried 63,505 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $31.38 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Opelika, AL
FY2025 boardings
63.5K
+1.4% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$31.38
-3.5% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
—
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
—
nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.99M
Vehicles in service
16
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.82
34.8K 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, 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 63,505 — 34,824 $1,993,062 $31.38 — — 16

Full series

Every year Lee-Russell Public Transit and Phenix City Express reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 63,505 — 457,401 34,824 $1,993,062 — $31.38 — —
2024 62,641 — 455,981 27,916 $2,037,407 — $32.53 — —
2023 72,684 — 643,650 31,546 $1,993,322 — $27.42 — —
2022 68,580 — 507,131 30,196 $1,906,420 $4,485 $27.80 $27.73 0.2%
2021 57,927 — 447,817 29,213 $1,713,766 — $29.58 — —
2020 62,867 — 460,885 30,761 $1,959,220 $57,945 $31.16 $30.24 3%
2019 85,337 — 565,384 39,639 $1,781,017 $93,772 $20.87 $19.77 5.3%
2018 79,781 — 570,942 45,751 $2,125,617 $67,525 $26.64 $25.80 3.2%
2017 77,940 — 560,202 42,051 $1,852,323 $65,407 $23.77 $22.93 3.5%
2016 84,937 — 579,937 41,465 $1,597,301 $123,389 $18.81 $17.35 7.7%
2015 87,101 — 571,179 37,061 $1,540,633 $167,428 $17.69 $15.77 10.9%