Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority

Demand Response at Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority

Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority carried 4,488 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $120.46 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Wheeling, WV
FY2024 boardings
4.5K
-28.8% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$120.46
+50% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$118.40
+50.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
1.7%
-7.4% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
30.9K
average trip 6.89 miles
Operating cost
$540.6K
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.95
2.3K 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 4,488 30,926 2,304 $540,645 $120.46 $118.40 1.7% 3

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 Ohio Valley Regional Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 4,488 30,926 31,389 2,304 $540,645 $9,251 $120.46 $118.40 1.7%
2023 6,303 42,608 38,171 3,062 $506,069 $9,351 $80.29 $78.81 1.8%
2022 3,442 16,934 21,655 1,478 $405,153 $8,947 $117.71 $115.11 2.2%
2021 4,171 20,480 31,037 2,030 $398,392 $8,603 $95.51 $93.45 2.2%
2020 3,681 18,110 24,307 1,668 $362,009 $8,016 $98.35 $96.17 2.2%
2019 3,944 19,404 24,972 1,803 $376,424 $10,616 $95.44 $92.75 2.8%
2018 4,574 22,504 27,517 1,880 $384,683 $11,937 $84.10 $81.49 3.1%
2017 4,784 23,537 29,466 1,876 $368,994 $12,444 $77.13 $74.53 3.4%
2016 4,661 24,563 28,200 1,856 $368,170 $12,126 $78.99 $76.39 3.3%
2015 4,206 22,166 28,283 1,881 $352,386 $10,930 $83.78 $81.18 3.1%