The M Transit

Demand Response at The M Transit

The M Transit carried 14,115 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $137.87 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Montgomery, AL
← All of The M Transit
FY2024 boardings
14.1K
-3.7% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$137.87
+11.9% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$134.47
+12.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.5%
-9.9% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
121.6K
average trip 8.61 miles
Operating cost
$1.95M
Vehicles in service
6
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
0.93
15.2K 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 14,115 121,593 15,159 $1,945,997 $137.87 $134.47 2.5% 6

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 M Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 14,115 121,593 178,810 15,159 $1,945,997 $47,956 $137.87 $134.47 2.5%
2023 14,659 127,658 181,381 13,839 $1,806,347 $49,419 $123.22 $119.85 2.7%
2022 14,614 121,770 173,015 11,793 $1,862,667 $47,332 $127.46 $124.22 2.5%
2021 15,828 120,821 182,175 13,327 $1,536,419 $47,944 $97.07 $94.04 3.1%
2020 18,726 202,921 205,470 16,758 $1,536,830 $60,237 $82.07 $78.85 3.9%
2019 23,194 240,695 238,655 17,391 $1,593,722 $79,261 $68.71 $65.30 5%
2018 27,398 240,960 235,348 17,311 $1,519,835 $83,299 $55.47 $52.43 5.5%
2017 28,725 279,321 234,901 17,519 $1,487,777 $79,097 $51.79 $49.04 5.3%
2016 30,861 247,814 245,659 17,765 $1,460,922 $85,578 $47.34 $44.57 5.9%
2015 32,819 263,536 262,681 18,705 $1,437,904 $90,243 $43.81 $41.06 6.3%