Milford Transit District

Demand Response at Milford Transit District

Milford Transit District carried 14,167 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $60.35 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Milford, CT
← All of Milford Transit District
FY2024 boardings
14.2K
+1.6% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$60.35
+11.3% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$57.89
+8.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.1%
+220.7% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
88.3K
average trip 6.23 miles
Operating cost
$855K
Vehicles in service
5
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.15
12.4K 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 14,167 88,280 12,371 $855,013 $60.35 $57.89 4.1% 5

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 Milford Transit District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 14,167 88,280 148,863 12,371 $855,013 $34,886 $60.35 $57.89 4.1%
2023 13,949 85,838 158,564 11,308 $756,050 $9,620 $54.20 $53.51 1.3%
2022 13,717 81,067 150,285 11,688 $677,659 $27,388 $49.40 $47.41 4%
2021 12,713 74,273 126,472 9,766 $552,892 $20,383 $43.49 $41.89 3.7%
2020 31,852 188,135 187,800 13,200 $646,814 $80,229 $20.31 $17.79 12.4%
2019 43,487 265,131 245,056 16,231 $720,820 $120,962 $16.58 $13.79 16.8%
2018 48,074 255,324 252,686 17,994 $790,482 $156,379 $16.44 $13.19 19.8%
2017 47,460 251,715 231,698 16,632 $833,785 $172,660 $17.57 $13.93 20.7%
2016 47,760 249,916 230,652 16,756 $848,149 $193,716 $17.76 $13.70 22.8%
2015 49,171 265,879 243,819 17,818 $843,348 $187,973 $17.15 $13.33 22.3%