Northwest Dakota Public Transit

Demand Response at Northwest Dakota Public Transit

Northwest Dakota Public Transit carried 27,731 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $26.07 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Williston, ND
FY2025 boardings
27.7K
-0.7% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$26.07
+0.4% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$23.29
+0.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
10.7%
-3.4% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$723K
Vehicles in service
14
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.66
10.4K 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, FY2025

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 27,731 — 10,414 $723,041 $26.07 $23.29 10.7% 14

Full series

Every year Northwest Dakota Public Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 27,731 — 146,691 10,414 $723,041 $77,153 $26.07 $23.29 10.7%
2024 27,913 — 118,405 10,105 $724,605 $80,043 $25.96 $23.09 11%
2023 31,537 — 123,625 12,302 $642,469 $50,801 $20.37 $18.76 7.9%
2022 26,033 — 111,200 12,115 $623,753 $40,998 $23.96 $22.39 6.6%
2021 15,518 — 71,031 10,631 $466,674 $30,223 $30.07 $28.13 6.5%
2020 21,288 — 105,245 12,019 $551,832 $56,891 $25.92 $23.25 10.3%
2019 25,807 — 122,153 11,010 $486,736 $53,155 $18.86 $16.80 10.9%
2018 21,103 — 101,675 6,271 $424,002 $57,573 $20.09 $17.36 13.6%
2017 22,152 — 104,174 4,130 $614,725 $63,914 $27.75 $24.87 10.4%
2016 24,596 — 137,451 5,246 $449,692 $75,621 $18.28 $15.21 16.8%
2015 34,295 — 134,783 5,274 $641,190 $92,920 $18.70 $15.99 14.5%