Ludington Mass Transportation Authority

Demand Response at Ludington Mass Transportation Authority

Ludington Mass Transportation Authority carried 129,262 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $18.14 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Ludington, MI
FY2025 boardings
129.3K
-2.9% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$18.14
+9.8% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$16.85
+10.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
7.1%
-8.3% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$2.34M
Vehicles in service
20
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.92
33K 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 129,262 — 32,970 $2,344,209 $18.14 $16.85 7.1% 20

Full series

Every year Ludington Mass Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 129,262 — 352,826 32,970 $2,344,209 $166,775 $18.14 $16.85 7.1%
2024 133,118 — 356,554 31,786 $2,198,894 $170,554 $16.52 $15.24 7.8%
2023 143,127 — 379,625 32,973 $2,152,701 $176,845 $15.04 $13.80 8.2%
2022 124,640 — 343,038 31,457 $2,018,974 $147,785 $16.20 $15.01 7.3%
2021 108,269 — 294,258 27,847 $1,778,410 $132,330 $16.43 $15.20 7.4%
2020 125,092 — 301,736 26,865 $1,763,675 $134,723 $14.10 $13.02 7.6%
2019 177,659 — 372,558 33,462 $1,841,159 $196,593 $10.36 $9.26 10.7%
2018 180,613 — 395,156 33,431 $1,813,098 $199,347 $10.04 $8.93 11%
2017 178,167 — 387,865 32,456 $1,749,128 $198,555 $9.82 $8.70 11.4%
2016 178,358 — 383,864 32,623 $1,663,589 $195,921 $9.33 $8.23 11.8%
2015 185,939 — 413,324 33,929 $1,688,869 $452,085 $9.08 $6.65 26.8%