Mountain Area Transit System (MATS)

Demand Response at Mountain Area Transit System (MATS)

Mountain Area Transit System (MATS) carried 56,017 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $35.75 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Jasper, GA
FY2024 boardings
56K
+11.8% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$35.75
+2.4% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$34.50
+1.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.5%
+55% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$2M
Vehicles in service
26
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.73
32.4K 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 56,017 32,398 $2,002,850 $35.75 $34.50 3.5% 26

Full series

Every year Mountain Area Transit System (MATS) reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 56,017 396,656 32,398 $2,002,850 $70,456 $35.75 $34.50 3.5%
2023 50,117 362,093 29,672 $1,749,131 $39,709 $34.90 $34.11 2.3%
2022 40,629 317,270 27,957 $1,510,216 $30,322 $37.17 $36.42 2%
2021 21,457 199,426 18,114 $1,451,221 $19,736 $67.63 $66.71 1.4%
2020 30,346 246,233 17,773 $1,078,931 $25,170 $35.55 $34.72 2.3%
2019 49,141 293,938 22,424 $1,043,980 $36,201 $21.24 $20.51 3.5%