Pomona Valley Transportation Authority

Demand Response at Pomona Valley Transportation Authority

Pomona Valley Transportation Authority carried 94,431 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $50.17 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response La Verne, CA
FY2025 boardings
94.4K
+1.9% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$50.17
+8.6% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$49.37
+7.6% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
1.6%
+118.2% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
434.1K
average trip 4.6 miles
Operating cost
$4.74M
Vehicles in service
31
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.86
33K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 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, 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 — — — — — — — —
Purchased transportation 86,483 393,155 31,624 $4,614,799 $53.36 $52.77 1.1% 26
Purchased transportation - taxi 7,948 40,896 1,347 $123,068 $15.48 $12.33 20.4% 5

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 Pomona Valley Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 94,431 434,051 398,288 32,971 $4,737,867 $75,831 $50.17 $49.37 1.6%
2024 92,697 426,973 382,503 31,082 $4,283,980 $31,425 $46.21 $45.88 0.7%
2023 85,358 406,575 334,468 28,570 $3,756,597 $105,442 $44.01 $42.77 2.8%
2022 71,722 315,656 420,760 29,005 $3,202,374 $103,452 $44.65 $43.21 3.2%
2021 54,089 275,915 225,685 15,318 $2,662,435 $50,750 $49.22 $48.28 1.9%
2020 117,315 524,719 406,174 30,138 $3,243,277 $150,644 $27.65 $26.36 4.6%
2019 144,013 706,747 538,131 37,559 $3,530,981 $192,298 $24.52 $23.18 5.4%
2018 164,482 824,272 590,306 38,929 $3,418,304 $226,207 $20.78 $19.41 6.6%
2017 156,589 817,835 556,499 37,227 $3,143,077 $197,061 $20.07 $18.81 6.3%
2016 168,314 835,601 583,918 39,672 $3,325,681 $226,057 $19.76 $18.42 6.8%
2015 — — — — — — — — —