Tri-County Action Program, Inc.

Demand Response at Tri-County Action Program, Inc.

Tri-County Action Program, Inc. carried 85,920 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $30.48 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Waite Park, MN
FY2025 boardings
85.9K
+7.3% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$30.48
-1.5% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$28.44
-2.7% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
6.7%
+20.2% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$2.62M
Vehicles in service
11
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.12
27.6K 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, FY2025

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 85,920 — 27,560 $2,619,014 $30.48 $28.44 6.7% 11

Full series

Every year Tri-County Action Program, Inc. reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 85,920 — 363,028 27,560 $2,619,014 $175,478 $30.48 $28.44 6.7%
2024 80,065 — 360,196 28,207 $2,478,029 $138,090 $30.95 $29.23 5.6%
2023 73,224 — 274,623 24,259 $2,167,377 $110,476 $29.60 $28.09 5.1%
2022 67,775 — 226,307 21,836 $1,644,351 $87,887 $24.26 $22.97 5.3%
2021 52,324 — 201,351 21,291 $1,618,864 $22,696 $30.94 $30.51 1.4%
2020 60,606 — 203,870 20,467 $1,366,682 $30,633 $22.55 $22.04 2.2%
2019 79,322 — 228,392 19,657 $1,467,102 $60,147 $18.50 $17.74 4.1%
2018 81,077 — 230,242 19,904 $1,391,895 $59,602 $17.17 $16.43 4.3%
2017 66,623 — 193,935 16,961 $1,209,394 $65,117 $18.15 $17.18 5.4%
2016 73,424 — 273,100 19,193 $1,255,885 $51,686 $17.10 $16.40 4.1%
2015 91,545 — 536,853 31,724 $1,388,706 $97,297 $15.17 $14.11 7%