PGM VanGO

Demand Response at PGM VanGO

PGM VanGO carried 48,550 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $45.40 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response La Plata, MD
FY2024 boardings
48.5K
-1.9% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$45.40
+24.2% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
411.4K
average trip 8.47 miles
Operating cost
$2.2M
Vehicles in service
16
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.49
32.6K 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 48,550 411,437 32,597 $2,204,027 $45.40 16

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 PGM VanGO reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 48,550 411,437 393,749 32,597 $2,204,027 $45.40
2023 49,470 457,114 445,192 34,082 $1,808,751 $36.56
2022 46,904 438,709 437,845 31,911 $1,565,961 $11,932 $33.39 $33.13 0.8%
2021 35,789 378,728 351,151 26,677 $712,180 $18,825 $19.90 $19.37 2.6%
2020 47,633 346,042 435,677 32,227 $1,080,378 $24,496 $22.68 $22.17 2.3%
2019 44,012 383,430 375,875 29,569 $1,101,783 $28,990 $25.03 $24.38 2.6%
2018 42,092 309,633 331,326 27,309 $1,047,262 $24,174 $24.88 $24.31 2.3%
2017 39,898 263,701 272,680 23,020 $1,281,184 $35,100 $32.11 $31.23 2.7%
2016 37,635 266,896 241,439 21,564 $1,426,513 $17,120 $37.90 $37.45 1.2%
2015 37,088 272,172 262,388 21,584 $1,479,394 $15,651 $39.89 $39.47 1.1%