SHOW BUS Public Transportation, NFP

Demand Response at SHOW BUS Public Transportation, NFP

SHOW BUS Public Transportation, NFP carried 79,894 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $30.04 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Bloomington, IL
FY2025 boardings
79.9K
+15.9% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$30.04
-7.1% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$30.04
-7.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
0%
-6.4% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$2.4M
Vehicles in service
27
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.68
21.7K 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 79,894 — 21,685 $2,400,361 $30.04 $30.04 0% 27

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 79,894 — 406,778 21,685 $2,400,361 $507 $30.04 $30.04 0%
2024 68,934 — 363,661 20,073 $2,228,324 $503 $32.33 $32.32 0%
2023 62,535 — 358,905 19,621 $2,143,807 $439 $34.28 $34.27 0%
2022 56,643 — 373,218 19,702 $2,095,294 $506 $36.99 $36.98 0%
2021 44,791 — 464,778 25,552 $2,122,675 $903 $47.39 $47.37 0%
2020 86,824 — 602,282 37,401 $2,367,933 $20,924 $27.27 $27.03 0.9%
2019 104,800 — 637,627 41,036 $2,172,433 $22,911 $20.73 $20.51 1.1%
2018 109,940 — 598,880 39,533 $2,067,003 $22,504 $18.80 $18.60 1.1%
2017 107,727 — 647,553 38,927 $2,066,511 $25,844 $19.18 $18.94 1.3%
2016 98,806 — 705,390 38,891 $2,167,632 $31,138 $21.94 $21.62 1.4%
2015 124,497 — 808,080 43,432 $2,352,826 $33,483 $18.90 $18.63 1.4%