Mitchell County Transportation Authority

Demand Response at Mitchell County Transportation Authority

Mitchell County Transportation Authority carried 29,526 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $29.84 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Bakersville, NC
FY2024 boardings
29.5K
+12.4% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$29.84
+7.1% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$28.40
+7.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.8%
+0.2% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$881K
Vehicles in service
11
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.54
19.2K 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 29,526 19,171 $880,997 $29.84 $28.40 4.8% 11

Full series

Every year Mitchell County Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 29,526 351,038 19,171 $880,997 $42,549 $29.84 $28.40 4.8%
2023 26,271 279,987 15,053 $732,124 $35,278 $27.87 $26.53 4.8%
2022 25,916 279,850 14,985 $717,396 $26,780 $27.68 $26.65 3.7%
2021 16,295 229,554 12,054 $565,541 $22,068 $34.71 $33.35 3.9%
2020 38,764 278,402 14,242 $578,278 $33,610 $14.92 $14.05 5.8%
2019 53,196 372,121 18,575 $618,467 $48,731 $11.63 $10.71 7.9%
2018 51,347 359,404 17,954 $598,197 $40,703 $11.65 $10.86 6.8%
2017 54,691 354,004 18,331 $615,275 $25,138 $11.25 $10.79 4.1%
2016 61,370 322,333 16,331 $652,520 $25,362 $10.63 $10.22 3.9%
2015 42,928 336,877 14,415 $595,939 $15,919 $13.88 $13.51 2.7%