Southern Berkshire Elderly Transportation Corp.

Demand Response at Southern Berkshire Elderly Transportation Corp.

Southern Berkshire Elderly Transportation Corp. carried 10,497 demand response boardings in FY2017 at $18.74 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Great Barrington, MA
FY2017 boardings
10.5K
-4.6% vs FY2016
Cost per ride
$18.74
-4.2% nationwide $31.07
Subsidy per ride
$16.76
-6.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
10.5%
+26.9% nationwide 7.5%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$196.7K
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.92
3.6K 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, FY2017

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 10,497 3,589 $196,662 $18.74 $16.76 10.5% 3

Full series

Every year Southern Berkshire Elderly Transportation Corp. reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2017 10,497 41,319 3,589 $196,662 $20,732 $18.74 $16.76 10.5%
2016 11,001 46,716 3,531 $215,176 $17,877 $19.56 $17.93 8.3%