Regional Transportation Authority of Pima County

Demand Response at Regional Transportation Authority of Pima County

Regional Transportation Authority of Pima County carried 114,389 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $36.85 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Tucson, AZ
FY2024 boardings
114.4K
-11.5% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$36.85
+7.8% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
1.12M
average trip 9.8 miles
Operating cost
$4.22M
Vehicles in service
45
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.74
65.8K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through July 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, 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
Purchased transportation 114,389 1,121,012 65,846 $4,215,525 $36.85 45

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 Regional Transportation Authority of Pima County reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 114,389 1,121,012 2,675,411 65,846 $4,215,525 $36.85
2023 129,237 1,070,204 57,802 $4,416,084 $34.17
2022 96,488 908,399 54,204 $3,784,384 $39.22
2021 82,766 763,591 42,176 $3,473,333 $41.97
2020 27,668 113,252 9,168 $324,219 $20,375 $11.72 $10.98 6.3%
2019 28,791 122,734 9,750 $347,139 $28,230 $12.06 $11.08 8.1%
2018 32,432 125,510 10,804 $493,617 $29,504 $15.22 $14.31 6%
2017 36,668 128,669 11,214 $359,632 $28,270 $9.81 $9.04 7.9%