Ride Line Transportation Services

Demand Response at Ride Line Transportation Services

Ride Line Transportation Services carried 68,957 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $16.78 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Aberdeen, SD
FY2025 boardings
69K
+3.9% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$16.78
+12.5% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$14.85
+12.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
11.5%
+1.8% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.16M
Vehicles in service
15
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.46
19.9K 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 68,957 — 19,916 $1,157,026 $16.78 $14.85 11.5% 15

Full series

Every year Ride Line Transportation Services reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 68,957 — 201,831 19,916 $1,157,026 $133,259 $16.78 $14.85 11.5%
2024 66,369 — 191,939 18,921 $990,163 $112,006 $14.92 $13.23 11.3%
2023 55,604 — 167,802 22,972 $843,379 $109,593 $15.17 $13.20 13%
2022 63,806 — 172,700 15,045 $807,019 $118,533 $12.65 $10.79 14.7%
2021 47,509 — 152,359 13,126 $616,881 $46,768 $12.98 $12.00 7.6%
2020 44,044 — 122,272 11,360 $856,208 $71,326 $19.44 $17.82 8.3%
2019 63,714 — 198,599 14,206 $588,665 $60,963 $9.24 $8.28 10.4%
2018 74,834 — 193,388 14,267 $548,901 $63,156 $7.33 $6.49 11.5%
2017 76,206 — 200,336 15,381 $582,382 $57,567 $7.64 $6.89 9.9%
2016 77,870 — 175,655 15,680 $649,440 $75,974 $8.34 $7.36 11.7%
2015 81,616 — 172,561 17,136 $619,084 $74,305 $7.59 $6.67 12%