Metro Area Publictransit System

Demand Response at Metro Area Publictransit System

Metro Area Publictransit System carried 41,012 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $32.58 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Joplin, MO
FY2024 boardings
41K
+10.1% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$32.58
+19.5% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$29.79
+21.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
8.6%
-17% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.34M
Vehicles in service
8
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.56
16K 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 41,012 16,036 $1,336,124 $32.58 $29.79 8.6% 8

Full series

Every year Metro Area Publictransit System reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 41,012 287,229 16,036 $1,336,124 $114,352 $32.58 $29.79 8.6%
2023 37,253 170,453 13,703 $1,015,982 $104,758 $27.27 $24.46 10.3%
2022 27,969 138,704 10,413 $792,796 $75,957 $28.35 $25.63 9.6%
2021 26,808 195,371 11,180 $798,705 $78,768 $29.79 $26.86 9.9%
2020 30,057 164,988 13,821 $775,001 $78,144 $25.78 $23.18 10.1%
2019 34,805 202,264 14,527 $827,001 $87,478 $23.76 $21.25 10.6%
2018 38,735 204,023 15,506 $749,710 $62,255 $19.35 $17.75 8.3%
2017 35,648 210,200 15,952 $700,866 $78,712 $19.66 $17.45 11.2%
2016 33,490 192,946 15,952 $685,942 $85,514 $20.48 $17.93 12.5%
2015 33,170 244,538 15,952 $700,622 $121,911 $21.12 $17.45 17.4%