SMILE Community Action Agency

Demand Response at SMILE Community Action Agency

SMILE Community Action Agency carried 3,960 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $110.28 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Lafayette, LA
FY2024 boardings
4K
-3.4% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$110.28
-11.8% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$98.17
-10.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
11%
-12.7% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$436.7K
Vehicles in service
7
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
0.97
4.1K 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 3,960 4,092 $436,700 $110.28 $98.17 11% 7

Full series

Every year SMILE Community Action Agency reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 3,960 36,369 4,092 $436,700 $47,952 $110.28 $98.17 11%
2023 4,099 81,119 5,527 $512,724 $64,502 $125.09 $109.35 12.6%
2022 4,702 115,372 6,204 $392,712 $15,833 $83.52 $80.15 4%
2021 5,809 83,371 6,166 $428,182 $7,975 $73.71 $72.34 1.9%
2020 8,549 158,008 9,661 $416,325 $12,894 $48.70 $47.19 3.1%
2019 11,475 374,200 11,771 $441,759 $8,600 $38.50 $37.75 1.9%
2018 19,675 360,548 17,573 $474,691 $22,664 $24.13 $22.97 4.8%
2017 19,048 328,383 17,471 $541,142 $9,751 $28.41 $27.90 1.8%
2016 17,126 241,259 14,701 $441,881 $10,391 $25.80 $25.20 2.4%
2015 15,005 170,222 9,595 $384,131 $22,959 $25.60 $24.07 6%