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 62,641 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $32.53 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Opelika, AL
FY2024 boardings
62.6K
-13.8% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$32.53
+18.6% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$2.04M
Vehicles in service
16
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.24
27.9K 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, FY2024

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 62,641 27,916 $2,037,407 $32.53 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
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%