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Demand Response at the e

the e carried 148,432 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $35.57 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Erie, PA
FY2024 boardings
148.4K
+1.3% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$35.57
+5.9% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$19.50
+20.7% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
45.2%
-13% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
1.17M
average trip 7.87 miles
Operating cost
$5.28M
Vehicles in service
36
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.76
53.8K 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 148,432 1,167,610 53,822 $5,279,680 $35.57 $19.50 45.2% 36

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 the e reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 148,432 1,167,610 779,766 53,822 $5,279,680 $2,385,278 $35.57 $19.50 45.2%
2023 146,533 1,157,634 783,514 52,361 $4,921,723 $2,554,640 $33.59 $16.15 51.9%
2022 140,854 1,058,120 705,412 49,343 $4,718,991 $2,406,740 $33.50 $16.42 51%
2021 107,820 799,851 547,862 39,005 $4,064,558 $1,455,884 $37.70 $24.19 35.8%
2020 143,321 1,065,545 719,348 54,681 $4,518,130 $2,028,319 $31.52 $17.37 44.9%
2019 188,894 1,407,474 881,875 66,690 $4,761,847 $3,554,162 $25.21 $6.39 74.6%
2018 189,568 1,409,371 907,768 67,127 $4,871,083 $3,934,865 $25.70 $4.94 80.8%
2017 196,935 1,463,784 827,930 67,087 $4,693,572 $3,306,632 $23.83 $7.04 70.5%
2016 214,316 1,830,306 788,220 68,819 $4,487,700 $3,569,666 $20.94 $4.28 79.5%
2015 230,226 1,965,088 891,509 75,946 $4,251,158 $3,843,121 $18.47 $1.77 90.4%