Middlesex County

Demand Response at Middlesex County

Middlesex County carried 50,181 demand response boardings in FY2018 at $74.21 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response New Brunswick, NJ
FY2018 boardings
50.2K
-16.4% vs FY2017
Cost per ride
$74.21
+23.2% nationwide $32.58
Subsidy per ride
$71.85
+23.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.2%
-12.5% nationwide 7.8%
Passenger miles
1.07M
average trip 21.38 miles
Operating cost
$3.72M
Vehicles in service
53
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.62
31K 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
Directly operated 50,181 1,073,070 30,990 $3,723,924 $74.21 $71.85 3.2% 53

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Middlesex County reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2018 50,181 1,073,070 391,674 30,990 $3,723,924 $118,509 $74.21 $71.85 3.2%
2017 60,000 1,119,620 422,176 32,998 $3,613,822 $131,472 $60.23 $58.04 3.6%
2016 72,038 1,504,405 537,630 62,547 $3,806,124 $135,417 $52.83 $50.96 3.6%
2015 82,282 1,663,442 581,887 64,297 $3,802,155 $171,159 $46.21 $44.13 4.5%