Southeast Area Transit District

Demand Response at Southeast Area Transit District

Southeast Area Transit District carried 54,285 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $24.52 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Preston, CT
FY2024 boardings
54.3K
-7.7% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$24.52
+27.6% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$23.30
+23.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
5%
+226.7% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
77.6K
average trip 1.43 miles
Operating cost
$1.33M
Vehicles in service
11
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.24
16.8K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through July 2026.

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, 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 47,780 47,780 11,390 $919,595 $19.25 $18.28 5% 7
Purchased transportation 6,505 29,805 5,373 $411,703 $63.29 $60.15 5% 4

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year Southeast Area Transit District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 54,285 77,585 205,457 16,763 $1,331,298 $66,649 $24.52 $23.30 5%
2023 58,808 76,688 213,558 16,188 $1,129,846 $17,312 $19.21 $18.92 1.5%
2022 29,450 105,998 134,645 10,560 $787,981 $11,821 $26.76 $26.36 1.5%
2021 4,022 19,512 43,479 3,844 $252,174 $10,342 $62.70 $60.13 4.1%
2020 4,617 19,946 59,640 4,935 $249,230 $17,036 $53.98 $50.29 6.8%
2019 6,214 28,712 84,377 6,352 $288,173 $23,579 $46.37 $42.58 8.2%
2018 6,577 28,544 85,461 6,254 $271,018 $22,454 $41.21 $37.79 8.3%
2017 5,914 25,679 75,454 5,018 $223,757 $20,300 $37.84 $34.40 9.1%
2016 5,297 23,995 65,649 4,456 $206,239 $15,211 $38.94 $36.06 7.4%
2015 5,358 24,272 66,697 4,002 $223,324 $15,197 $41.68 $38.84 6.8%