Morgan County Area Transportation System

Demand Response at Morgan County Area Transportation System

Morgan County Area Transportation System carried 110,953 demand response boardings in FY2016 at $10.17 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Decatur, AL
FY2016 boardings
111K
-8.1% vs FY2015
Cost per ride
$10.17
+3.5% nationwide $29.45
Subsidy per ride
$8.66
-1.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
14.8%
+42.2% nationwide 7.7%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.13M
Vehicles in service
28
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.67
30.2K 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, FY2016

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 110,953 30,244 $1,128,216 $10.17 $8.66 14.8% 28

Full series

Every year Morgan County Area Transportation System reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2016 110,953 440,403 30,244 $1,128,216 $166,926 $10.17 $8.66 14.8%
2015 120,738 480,480 38,438 $1,186,703 $123,475 $9.83 $8.81 10.4%