Schoolcraft Transit Authority

Demand Response at Schoolcraft Transit Authority

Schoolcraft Transit Authority carried 36,731 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $29.51 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Manistique, MI
FY2025 boardings
36.7K
+3.6% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$29.51
-2.1% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$27.84
-2.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
5.6%
+3.9% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.08M
Vehicles in service
8
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.92
12.6K 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 36,731 — 12,584 $1,083,752 $29.51 $27.84 5.6% 8

Full series

Every year Schoolcraft Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 36,731 — 238,538 12,584 $1,083,752 $61,076 $29.51 $27.84 5.6%
2024 35,450 — 268,337 13,062 $1,067,956 $57,931 $30.13 $28.49 5.4%
2023 34,673 — 243,768 12,957 $1,011,419 $54,995 $29.17 $27.58 5.4%
2022 36,191 — 242,240 12,696 $1,070,983 $52,557 $29.59 $28.14 4.9%
2021 36,023 — 236,427 13,461 $1,018,863 $54,389 $28.28 $26.77 5.3%
2020 41,312 — 249,693 14,717 $852,250 $56,935 $20.63 $19.25 6.7%
2019 57,504 — 270,905 15,981 $814,455 $71,761 $14.16 $12.92 8.8%
2018 51,638 — 228,435 15,157 $819,406 $64,259 $15.87 $14.62 7.8%
2017 57,689 — 219,974 16,197 $750,933 $67,567 $13.02 $11.85 9%
2016 61,029 — 241,219 18,316 $854,940 $71,841 $14.01 $12.83 8.4%
2015 54,501 — 225,151 18,121 $794,788 $159,434 $14.58 $11.66 20.1%