Red Rose Transit Authority

Demand Response at Red Rose Transit Authority

Red Rose Transit Authority carried 296,155 demand response boardings in FY2016 at $21.42 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Lancaster, PA
FY2016 boardings
296.2K
-4.2% vs FY2015
Cost per ride
$21.42
-4.9% nationwide $29.45
Subsidy per ride
$20.45
-5.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.5%
+7.6% nationwide 7.7%
Passenger miles
3.57M
average trip 12.05 miles
Operating cost
$6.34M
Vehicles in service
62
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.6
114K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through November 2016.

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, FY2016

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 296,155 3,569,355 114,020 $6,343,016 $21.42 $20.45 4.5% 62

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Red Rose Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2016 296,155 3,569,355 2,025,700 114,020 $6,343,016 $286,140 $21.42 $20.45 4.5%
2015 308,978 3,825,148 2,227,731 154,492 $6,959,127 $291,734 $22.52 $21.58 4.2%