SC Public Transportation Community Connection

Demand Response at SC Public Transportation Community Connection

SC Public Transportation Community Connection carried 5,821 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $14.03 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Smith Center, KS
FY2024 boardings
5.8K
-26.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$14.03
+32.9% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$12.86
+33.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
8.3%
-2.6% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$81.7K
Vehicles in service
4
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
4.13
1.4K 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 5,821 1,409 $81,662 $14.03 $12.86 8.3% 4

Full series

Every year SC Public Transportation Community Connection reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 5,821 28,325 1,409 $81,662 $6,813 $14.03 $12.86 8.3%
2023 7,887 34,705 1,832 $83,255 $7,128 $10.56 $9.65 8.6%
2022 6,683 29,970 1,501 $68,553 $5,109 $10.26 $9.49 7.5%
2021 6,208 27,392 1,390 $70,226 $5,087 $11.31 $10.49 7.2%
2020 5,742 21,466 1,207 $56,606 $4,886 $9.86 $9.01 8.6%
2019 6,041 13,639 960 $36,722 $6,461 $6.08 $5.01 17.6%
2018 5,094 8,966 1,368 $23,739 $3,895 $4.66 $3.90 16.4%
2017 4,550 8,417 1,788 $23,873 $3,606 $5.25 $4.45 15.1%
2016 2,437 8,951 1,670 $20,877 $3,358 $8.57 $7.19 16.1%
2015 4,212 10,725 1,842 $23,423 $5.56