Sedgwick County Transportation

Demand Response at Sedgwick County Transportation

Sedgwick County Transportation carried 3,208 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $117.07 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Wichita, KS
FY2024 boardings
3.2K
-61.3% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$117.07
+119.3% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$114.23
+127.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.4%
-58% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$375.6K
Vehicles in service
7
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
0.49
6.6K 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, 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 2,417 6,405 $339,244 $140.36 $137.57 2% 6
Purchased transportation - taxi 791 165 $36,313 $45.91 $42.91 6.5% 1

Full series

Every year Sedgwick County Transportation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 3,208 153,826 6,570 $375,557 $9,110 $117.07 $114.23 2.4%
2023 8,286 138,984 4,358 $442,251 $25,526 $53.37 $50.29 5.8%
2022 2,949 64,732 2,060 $228,581 $7,960 $77.51 $74.81 3.5%
2021 2,716 56,008 1,497 $267,942 $8,512 $98.65 $95.52 3.2%
2020 3,682 67,753 1,757 $210,761 $9,925 $57.24 $54.55 4.7%
2019 4,225 93,259 2,571 $270,046 $10,984 $63.92 $61.32 4.1%
2018 5,240 113,011 2,952 $276,689 $14,576 $52.80 $50.02 5.3%
2017 6,087 115,478 3,054 $241,009 $13,733 $39.59 $37.34 5.7%
2016 15,594 192,245 5,559 $516,604 $33,615 $33.13 $30.97 6.5%
2015 19,410 286,830 7,627 $590,263 $51,138 $30.41 $27.78 8.7%