Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky

Demand Response at Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky

Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky carried 74,581 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $60.39 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Covington, KY
FY2024 boardings
74.6K
+2.5% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$60.39
-1.3% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$55.07
-2.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
8.8%
+21.2% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
904.5K
average trip 12.13 miles
Operating cost
$4.5M
Vehicles in service
26
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.07
24.3K 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 74,581 904,503 24,273 $4,503,650 $60.39 $55.07 8.8% 26

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 Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 74,581 904,503 492,633 24,273 $4,503,650 $396,227 $60.39 $55.07 8.8%
2023 72,757 879,902 472,735 23,542 $4,450,051 $323,040 $61.16 $56.72 7.3%
2022 73,013 672,450 827,357 49,518 $3,848,857 $409,228 $52.71 $47.11 10.6%
2021 56,812 492,356 644,890 41,281 $3,141,574 $265,629 $55.30 $50.62 8.5%
2020 72,791 697,205 748,840 47,255 $3,365,602 $284,730 $46.24 $42.32 8.5%
2019 92,377 868,214 941,548 55,299 $3,482,745 $332,844 $37.70 $34.10 9.6%
2018 92,711 900,183 949,544 55,423 $3,944,669 $313,071 $42.55 $39.17 7.9%
2017 93,653 868,505 932,349 52,347 $3,281,517 $343,497 $35.04 $31.37 10.5%
2016 94,708 939,702 913,163 50,978 $3,112,546 $215,259 $32.86 $30.59 6.9%
2015 89,361 761,285 854,954 48,100 $2,976,147 $204,233 $33.30 $31.02 6.9%