Lincoln StarTran

Demand Response at Lincoln StarTran

Lincoln StarTran carried 95,491 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $43.82 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Lincoln, NE
← All of Lincoln StarTran
FY2024 boardings
95.5K
+3.9% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$43.82
+0.3% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$42.58
-0.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.8%
+27.1% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
586.6K
average trip 6.14 miles
Operating cost
$4.18M
Vehicles in service
19
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.21
43.3K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through July 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, 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 95,491 586,580 43,259 $4,184,526 $43.82 $42.58 2.8% 19

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 Lincoln StarTran reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 95,491 586,580 690,383 43,259 $4,184,526 $118,355 $43.82 $42.58 2.8%
2023 91,930 561,140 620,814 40,379 $4,016,898 $89,365 $43.70 $42.72 2.2%
2022 81,960 497,104 596,481 38,060 $3,262,460 — $39.81 — —
2021 64,124 580,325 510,153 33,442 $2,564,256 — $39.99 — —
2020 57,184 321,029 413,500 33,624 $2,921,902 $24,322 $51.10 $50.67 0.8%
2019 71,840 412,660 447,724 32,458 $2,756,473 $113,859 $38.37 $36.78 4.1%
2018 68,047 393,006 437,015 31,656 $2,439,898 $133,720 $35.86 $33.89 5.5%
2017 64,935 331,873 384,349 29,308 $2,200,268 $131,364 $33.88 $31.86 6%
2016 61,208 317,155 367,403 24,451 $2,165,548 $129,682 $35.38 $33.26 6%
2015 55,188 289,984 349,460 23,955 $1,966,447 $120,348 $35.63 $33.45 6.1%