Plaquemines Parish Government

Demand Response at Plaquemines Parish Government

Plaquemines Parish Government carried 8,236 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $68.65 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Belle Chasse, LA
FY2024 boardings
8.2K
+22.9% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$68.65
-8.9% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$565.4K
Vehicles in service
7
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.77
4.7K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through December 2021.

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 8,236 4,661 $565,396 $68.65 7

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Plaquemines Parish Government reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 8,236 130,924 4,661 $565,396 $68.65
2023 6,702 121,187 4,573 $504,821 $75.32
2022 4,685 105,549 4,220 $482,000 $102.88
2021 4,732 195,870 74,040 4,250 $634,624 $134.11
2020 3,889 167,444 53,966 3,445 $605,464 $155.69
2019 11,073 437,054 101,055 4,866 $568,552 $51.35
2018 10,180 422,490 98,252 4,502 $555,749 $54.59
2017 10,087 441,830 104,141 4,645 $553,382 $54.86
2016 11,209 491,189 107,274 4,984 $544,051 $48.54
2015 9,143 390,186 144,028 4,733 $535,619 $58.58