Southeast Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission

Demand Response at Southeast Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission

Southeast Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission carried 103,332 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $27.04 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Dothan, AL
FY2025 boardings
103.3K
+10.9% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$27.04
-10.9% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$25.79
-11.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
4.6%
+9.3% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$2.79M
Vehicles in service
29
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.81
57.1K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through September 2017.

This year against the last five

Same months on one axis, so seasonality does not read as a trend

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 58,220 — 23,364 $1,328,968 $22.83 $20.61 9.7% 13
Purchased transportation 38,394 — 26,708 $1,213,632 $31.61 — — 9
Purchased transportation - taxi 6,718 — 7,015 $251,727 $37.47 — — 7

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Full series

Every year Southeast Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 103,332 — 1,146,413 57,087 $2,794,327 $129,233 $27.04 $25.79 4.6%
2024 93,149 — 1,144,546 55,561 $2,826,555 $119,597 $30.34 $29.06 4.2%
2023 79,384 — 1,122,056 51,704 $2,592,863 $69,048 $32.66 $31.79 2.7%
2022 80,083 — 1,069,243 49,544 $2,515,888 $75,541 $31.42 $30.47 3%
2021 70,435 — 1,029,436 46,702 $2,764,356 $49,377 $39.25 $38.55 1.8%
2020 78,113 — 902,047 51,064 $2,069,078 $53,612 $26.49 $25.80 2.6%
2019 112,918 — 1,069,780 64,452 $2,401,266 $73,323 $21.27 $20.62 3.1%
2018 115,400 — 1,090,048 63,167 $2,491,256 $67,892 $21.59 $21.00 2.7%
2017 111,777 2,044,094 1,092,380 67,128 $1,951,240 $58,479 $17.46 $16.93 3%
2016 125,741 2,823,791 1,210,527 70,855 $2,000,072 $69,391 $15.91 $15.35 3.5%
2015 135,889 2,766,913 1,244,830 74,736 $2,598,299 $77,934 $19.12 $18.55 3%