Region 8 Regional Transit Authority

Demand Response at Region 8 Regional Transit Authority

Region 8 Regional Transit Authority carried 94,834 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $20.45 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Dubuque, IA
FY2025 boardings
94.8K
+11.7% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$20.45
-3.6% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$14.03
-16.4% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
31.4%
+50.4% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.94M
Vehicles in service
15
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.98
23.8K hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

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
Directly operated 94,834 — 23,840 $1,939,567 $20.45 $14.03 31.4% 15

Full series

Every year Region 8 Regional Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 94,834 — 442,154 23,840 $1,939,567 $609,477 $20.45 $14.03 31.4%
2024 84,930 — 433,180 23,391 $1,801,604 $376,294 $21.21 $16.78 20.9%
2023 90,430 — 443,880 25,021 $1,902,151 $152,376 $21.03 $19.35 8%
2022 82,673 — 461,644 30,439 $1,820,035 $602,657 $22.01 $14.73 33.1%
2021 53,555 — 302,739 22,626 $1,297,019 $300,037 $24.22 $18.62 23.1%
2020 66,765 — 300,392 24,714 $1,455,965 $243,608 $21.81 $18.16 16.7%
2019 99,025 — 406,660 27,497 $1,837,191 $76,549 $18.55 $17.78 4.2%
2018 119,864 — 411,158 27,222 $2,055,255 $73,767 $17.15 $16.53 3.6%
2017 146,807 — 418,848 29,523 $2,135,855 $58,137 $14.55 $14.15 2.7%
2016 149,485 — 388,443 27,837 $1,807,294 $47,869 $12.09 $11.77 2.6%
2015 152,898 — 385,200 24,314 $1,574,526 $41,229 $10.30 $10.03 2.6%