Sandy Valley Transportation Services

Demand Response at Sandy Valley Transportation Services

Sandy Valley Transportation Services carried 206,610 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $32.65 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Prestonsburg, KY
FY2025 boardings
206.6K
+24.7% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$32.65
-20.5% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$31.81
-21% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.6%
+31% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$6.75M
Vehicles in service
81
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.66
124.6K 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 206,610 — 124,560 $6,746,733 $32.65 $31.81 2.6% 81

Full series

Every year Sandy Valley Transportation Services reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 206,610 — 2,760,886 124,560 $6,746,733 $174,527 $32.65 $31.81 2.6%
2024 165,666 — 2,064,561 114,628 $6,801,863 $134,365 $41.06 $40.25 2%
2023 137,485 — 2,177,620 121,012 $6,158,746 $95,680 $44.80 $44.10 1.6%
2022 123,768 — 1,758,692 118,290 $5,274,233 $83,306 $42.61 $41.94 1.6%
2021 115,718 — 1,716,111 118,868 $3,845,004 $38,987 $33.23 $32.89 1%
2020 203,627 — 3,649,765 134,758 $5,621,767 $80,114 $27.61 $27.21 1.4%
2019 248,397 — 4,126,012 145,028 $5,670,021 $80,055 $22.83 $22.50 1.4%
2018 176,441 — 3,227,369 139,876 $5,272,236 $68,794 $29.88 $29.49 1.3%
2017 168,247 — 2,433,788 136,798 $4,869,079 $60,705 $28.94 $28.58 1.2%
2016 152,368 — 2,067,210 131,712 $4,432,194 $56,726 $29.09 $28.72 1.3%
2015 140,465 — 2,100,077 124,988 $4,072,495 $35,396 $28.99 $28.74 0.9%