SHOW BUS Public Transportation, NFP

Demand Response at SHOW BUS Public Transportation, NFP

SHOW BUS Public Transportation, NFP carried 18,688 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $39.09 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Kankakee, IL
FY2025 boardings
18.7K
-13.3% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$39.09
+14.6% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$39.08
+15% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
0%
-92.1% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$730.6K
Vehicles in service
10
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.96
9.5K 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 — — — — — — — —
Purchased transportation 18,688 — 9,523 $730,561 $39.09 $39.08 0% 10

Full series

Every year SHOW BUS Public Transportation, NFP reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 18,688 — 161,442 9,523 $730,561 $226 $39.09 $39.08 0%
2024 21,553 — 181,402 10,305 $735,080 $2,889 $34.11 $33.97 0.4%
2023 25,825 — 196,197 11,149 $754,042 $1,399 $29.20 $29.14 0.2%
2022 25,839 — 213,335 12,232 $704,903 — $27.28 — —
2021 25,375 — 231,666 12,826 $703,277 — $27.72 — —
2020 37,681 — 227,227 13,954 $685,415 $18,433 $18.19 $17.70 2.7%
2019 25,224 — 137,251 11,079 $371,565 $4,843 $14.73 $14.54 1.3%
2018 17,767 — 124,783 9,312 $356,397 $9,413 $20.06 $19.53 2.6%
2017 14,905 — 126,254 9,697 $398,277 $7,875 $26.72 $26.19 2%
2016 14,692 — 134,116 9,783 $373,806 $20,799 $25.44 $24.03 5.6%
2015 32,823 — 226,602 12,690 $684,285 $21,807 $20.85 $20.18 3.2%