Schuylkill Transportation System

Demand Response at Schuylkill Transportation System

Schuylkill Transportation System carried 69,715 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $50.10 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Pottsville, PA
FY2025 boardings
69.7K
-1.2% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$50.10
+13.1% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$28.01
+28.7% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
44.1%
-13.3% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$3.49M
Vehicles in service
28
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.34
29.9K 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 69,715 — 29,854 $3,492,869 $50.10 $28.01 44.1% 28

Full series

Every year Schuylkill Transportation System reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 69,715 — 483,214 29,854 $3,492,869 $1,540,191 $50.10 $28.01 44.1%
2024 70,563 — 351,806 19,066 $3,126,531 $1,590,759 $44.31 $21.76 50.9%
2023 67,928 — 336,114 18,402 $2,838,633 $1,510,059 $41.79 $19.56 53.2%
2022 57,003 — 293,430 14,585 $2,536,018 $1,211,289 $44.49 $23.24 47.8%
2021 50,444 — 280,679 15,042 $2,354,214 $1,060,507 $46.67 $25.65 45%
2020 71,955 — 385,987 20,634 $2,434,114 $1,502,703 $33.83 $12.94 61.7%
2019 74,713 — 394,808 21,090 $2,322,273 $1,650,823 $31.08 $8.99 71.1%
2018 76,086 — 379,792 19,871 $2,390,423 $168,587 $31.42 $29.20 7.1%
2017 72,050 — 354,747 22,130 $2,270,089 $181,651 $31.51 $28.99 8%
2016 73,089 — 359,457 22,058 $2,087,100 $224,958 $28.56 $25.48 10.8%
2015 74,004 — 362,340 21,722 $2,033,492 $162,310 $27.48 $25.28 8%