Region 8 Regional Transit Authority

Demand Response at Region 8 Regional Transit Authority

Region 8 Regional Transit Authority carried 84,930 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $21.21 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Dubuque, IA
FY2024 boardings
84.9K
-6.1% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$21.21
+0.8% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$16.78
-13.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
20.9%
+160.7% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.8M
Vehicles in service
15
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.63
23.4K 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, 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 84,930 23,391 $1,801,604 $21.21 $16.78 20.9% 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
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%