Mountain Line public transit

Demand Response at Mountain Line public transit

Mountain Line public transit carried 12,210 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $73.51 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Flagstaff, AZ
FY2024 boardings
12.2K
+7.5% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$73.51
+22.4% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$71.55
+26.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.7%
-56% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
58.6K
average trip 4.8 miles
Operating cost
$897.6K
Vehicles in service
4
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.94
6.3K 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 12,210 58,646 6,289 $897,615 $73.51 $71.55 2.7% 4

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 Mountain Line public transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 12,210 58,646 72,528 6,289 $897,615 $24,022 $73.51 $71.55 2.7%
2023 11,362 56,689 62,148 5,765 $682,362 $41,502 $60.06 $56.40 6.1%
2022 10,270 55,293 57,739 5,526 $621,466 $88,214 $60.51 $51.92 14.2%
2021 6,288 25,414 27,331 1,974 $739,413 $33,899 $117.59 $112.20 4.6%
2020 16,011 84,456 65,701 4,712 $853,692 $103,554 $53.32 $46.85 12.1%
2019 19,765 99,506 87,112 6,564 $1,030,246 $102,665 $52.12 $46.93 10%
2018 23,296 127,517 102,212 7,139 $955,439 $101,136 $41.01 $36.67 10.6%
2017 23,128 144,464 105,449 7,932 $951,498 $74,136 $41.14 $37.94 7.8%
2016 22,262 183,978 112,971 8,624 $941,167 $86,943 $42.28 $38.37 9.2%
2015 21,506 156,393 113,429 9,134 $955,796 $94,276 $44.44 $40.06 9.9%