Peoria CityLink

Demand Response at Peoria CityLink

Peoria CityLink carried 121,795 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $27.50 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Peoria, IL
FY2024 boardings
121.8K
-10.3% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$27.50
-26.2% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$23.22
-33.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
15.6%
+130.9% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
1.2M
average trip 9.87 miles
Operating cost
$3.35M
Vehicles in service
31
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.27
53.6K 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 121,795 1,201,653 53,580 $3,349,429 $27.50 $23.22 15.6% 31

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 Peoria CityLink reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 121,795 1,201,653 859,950 53,580 $3,349,429 $521,640 $27.50 $23.22 15.6%
2023 135,733 1,351,779 947,952 58,017 $5,058,644 $341,259 $37.27 $34.75 6.7%
2022 117,494 1,220,081 853,320 54,012 $4,513,454 $315,953 $38.41 $35.73 7%
2021 89,330 588,582 757,035 49,814 $3,758,353 $124,907 $42.07 $40.67 3.3%
2020 132,661 967,552 1,060,411 68,583 $4,145,779 $313,966 $31.25 $28.88 7.6%
2019 168,988 1,262,880 1,256,904 81,172 $4,316,758 $314,012 $25.54 $23.69 7.3%
2018 140,915 927,220 890,858 67,550 $4,300,822 $286,373 $30.52 $28.49 6.7%
2017 138,603 889,831 890,744 68,269 $3,606,302 $284,036 $26.02 $23.97 7.9%
2016 145,219 956,134 985,341 75,309 $3,766,661 $294,915 $25.94 $23.91 7.8%
2015 153,551 1,010,366 1,017,996 73,568 $3,746,659 $319,664 $24.40 $22.32 8.5%