Penquis Transportation Services

Demand Response at Penquis Transportation Services

Penquis Transportation Services carried 308,683 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $59.60 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Bangor, ME
FY2025 boardings
308.7K
+10.7% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$59.60
-2.4% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$13.42
+16.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
77.5%
-4.6% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$18.4M
Vehicles in service
107
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.51
87.9K 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
Purchased transportation - taxi — — — — — — — —
Directly operated 308,683 — 87,856 $18,398,300 $59.60 $13.42 77.5% 107

Full series

Every year Penquis Transportation Services reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 308,683 — 4,292,653 87,856 $18,398,300 $14,254,289 $59.60 $13.42 77.5%
2024 278,924 — 4,134,050 85,747 $17,028,246 $13,822,896 $61.05 $11.49 81.2%
2023 276,248 — 3,823,774 79,396 $15,244,134 $12,488,346 $55.18 $9.98 81.9%
2022 238,379 — 3,692,948 81,019 $23,227,978 $21,229,877 $97.44 $8.38 91.4%
2021 191,827 — 3,437,154 76,429 $10,104,272 $8,107,216 $52.67 $10.41 80.2%
2020 204,341 — 3,470,894 82,123 $9,978,636 $7,850,756 $48.83 $10.41 78.7%
2019 314,314 — 5,807,157 194,133 $11,856,112 $16,506 $37.72 $37.67 0.1%
2018 307,503 — 6,927,612 266,012 $14,732,477 $23,719 $47.91 $47.83 0.2%
2017 333,438 — 7,054,337 259,950 $14,403,792 $30,270 $43.20 $43.11 0.2%
2016 335,499 — 6,966,645 218,399 $12,767,863 $20,954 $38.06 $37.99 0.2%
2015 302,883 — 6,276,686 193,649 $11,573,068 $6,255 $38.21 $38.19 0.1%