Rio Metro Regional Transit District

Demand Response at Rio Metro Regional Transit District

Rio Metro Regional Transit District carried 69,752 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $59.49 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Albuquerque, NM
FY2025 boardings
69.8K
+14% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$59.49
+9.9% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
—
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
—
nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
538.7K
average trip 7.72 miles
Operating cost
$4.15M
Vehicles in service
38
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.21
31.6K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 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, 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
Purchased transportation - taxi — — — — — — — —
Directly operated 69,752 538,699 31,565 $4,149,449 $59.49 — — 38

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 Rio Metro Regional Transit District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 69,752 538,699 555,415 31,565 $4,149,449 — $59.49 — —
2024 61,165 479,986 473,674 27,633 $3,310,813 — $54.13 — —
2023 46,146 358,856 365,407 20,297 $2,801,227 — $60.70 — —
2022 41,405 305,563 345,215 19,653 $2,667,257 — $64.42 — —
2021 26,303 163,481 219,596 14,339 $2,424,191 — $92.16 — —
2020 49,900 380,782 331,586 21,151 $2,626,403 $17,584 $52.63 $52.28 0.7%
2019 66,181 522,937 431,327 25,737 $2,352,648 $36,841 $35.55 $34.99 1.6%
2018 76,148 593,380 506,211 31,435 $2,782,273 $76,599 $36.54 $35.53 2.8%
2017 78,741 599,932 487,473 31,977 $2,625,528 $71,093 $33.34 $32.44 2.7%
2016 83,000 573,822 471,607 30,035 $2,267,797 $74,154 $27.32 $26.43 3.3%
2015 87,914 664,849 482,439 29,821 $2,746,655 $65,425 $31.24 $30.50 2.4%