The Hop

Demand Response at The Hop

The Hop carried 193,490 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $41.08 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Belton, TX
FY2024 boardings
193.5K
+60.9% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$41.08
-29% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$40.52
-29.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
1.4%
+105.6% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
863.8K
average trip 4.46 miles
Operating cost
$7.95M
Vehicles in service
78
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.74
70.5K 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 178,763 823,117 68,573 $7,673,214 $42.92 $42.40 1.2% 58
Purchased transportation - taxi 14,727 40,687 1,923 $275,910 $18.73 $17.78 5.1% 20

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 Hop reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 193,490 863,804 848,705 70,496 $7,949,124 $108,647 $41.08 $40.52 1.4%
2023 120,248 930,435 714,053 57,112 $6,960,331 $46,276 $57.88 $57.50 0.7%
2022 117,837 967,893 777,019 62,827 $6,852,381 $88,956 $58.15 $57.40 1.3%
2021 95,989 774,322 671,879 59,922 $5,587,303 $94,334 $58.21 $57.22 1.7%
2020 97,231 870,609 731,648 59,038 $5,501,009 $95,894 $56.58 $55.59 1.7%
2019 159,613 1,368,796 1,049,416 78,237 $6,051,502 $153,216 $37.91 $36.95 2.5%
2018 210,665 1,872,973 1,405,230 103,473 $7,613,479 $131,944 $36.14 $35.51 1.7%
2017 267,838 2,269,120 1,813,975 138,061 $8,269,669 $179,701 $30.88 $30.20 2.2%
2016 276,685 2,367,377 2,132,237 138,467 $8,379,844 $178,039 $30.29 $29.64 2.1%
2015 275,845 2,565,781 2,124,905 136,283 $7,764,418 $172,062 $28.15 $27.52 2.2%