Panama City Bayway

Demand Response at Panama City Bayway

Panama City Bayway carried 69,468 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $28.14 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Panama City, FL
FY2024 boardings
69.5K
+39.5% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$28.14
-20.4% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$27.08
-20.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
3.8%
+16.3% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
732.1K
average trip 10.54 miles
Operating cost
$1.95M
Vehicles in service
25
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.47
28.1K 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
Purchased transportation 69,468 732,099 28,121 $1,954,807 $28.14 $27.08 3.8% 25

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 Panama City Bayway reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 69,468 732,099 480,934 28,121 $1,954,807 $73,900 $28.14 $27.08 3.8%
2023 49,793 548,842 301,575 19,414 $1,759,706 $57,204 $35.34 $34.19 3.3%
2022 45,452 551,528 257,265 15,681 $1,467,881 $48,945 $32.30 $31.22 3.3%
2021 38,978 435,492 234,112 13,637 $1,022,533 $22,239 $26.23 $25.66 2.2%
2020 42,025 490,803 233,112 14,884 $861,928 $25,334 $20.51 $19.91 2.9%
2019 58,150 674,918 264,791 17,896 $737,629 $26,545 $12.68 $12.23 3.6%
2017 94,999 952,007 382,515 27,121 $1,039,130 $46,670 $10.94 $10.45 4.5%
2016 92,885 462,750 368,086 26,419 $988,811 $46,478 $10.65 $10.15 4.7%
2015 92,534 462,720 390,429 29,066 $1,133,780 $48,918 $12.25 $11.72 4.3%