Tulare County Regional Transit Agency

Demand Response at Tulare County Regional Transit Agency

Tulare County Regional Transit Agency carried 63,510 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $70.55 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Visalia, CA
FY2024 boardings
63.5K
+19.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$70.55
+81.3% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$68.66
+94.2% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
2.7%
-70.7% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
206.7K
average trip 3.25 miles
Operating cost
$4.48M
Vehicles in service
19
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.03
21K 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
Purchased transportation 63,510 206,715 20,966 $4,480,368 $70.55 $68.66 2.7% 19

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 Tulare County Regional Transit Agency reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 63,510 206,715 312,781 20,966 $4,480,368 $119,898 $70.55 $68.66 2.7%
2023 53,264 44,065 213,578 16,860 $2,072,483 $189,143 $38.91 $35.36 9.1%
2022 18,791 78,922 49,286 6,862 $537,905 $28.63