Metro Mobility

Demand Response at Metro Mobility

Metro Mobility carried 2,297,680 demand response boardings in FY2018 at $32.04 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Minneapolis, MN
FY2018 boardings
2.3M
+5.6% vs FY2017
Cost per ride
$32.04
+8.6% nationwide $32.58
Subsidy per ride
$28.57
+6.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
10.8%
+21.7% nationwide 7.8%
Passenger miles
26.1M
average trip 11.36 miles
Operating cost
$73.6M
Vehicles in service
532
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.79
1.29M hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through December 2018.

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, FY2018

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
Purchased transportation 2,297,680 26,103,531 1,285,474 $73,617,031 $32.04 $28.57 10.8% 532

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Metro Mobility reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2018 2,297,680 26,103,531 23,075,245 1,285,474 $73,617,031 $7,976,511 $32.04 $28.57 10.8%
2017 2,176,790 25,160,614 20,819,290 1,153,352 $64,200,843 $5,716,719 $29.49 $26.87 8.9%
2016 2,133,727 24,264,290 20,222,843 1,101,710 $56,754,110 $5,687,036 $26.60 $23.93 10%
2015 2,020,700 22,168,347 18,954,293 1,033,178 $55,853,900 $7,673,575 $27.64 $23.84 13.7%