Whitewater Valley Regional Transit

Demand Response at Whitewater Valley Regional Transit

Whitewater Valley Regional Transit carried 21,988 demand response boardings in FY2025 at $50.31 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Liberty, IN
FY2025 boardings
22K
+68.3% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$50.31
-22% nationwide $52.35
Subsidy per ride
$46.65
-22.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
7.3%
+16.2% nationwide 6.7%
Passenger miles
—
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.11M
Vehicles in service
12
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.18
18.7K 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 21,988 — 18,710 $1,106,234 $50.31 $46.65 7.3% 12

Full series

Every year Whitewater Valley Regional Transit reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 21,988 — 247,634 18,710 $1,106,234 $80,567 $50.31 $46.65 7.3%
2024 13,063 — 157,439 14,426 $843,062 $52,825 $64.54 $60.49 6.3%
2023 11,204 — 125,690 10,960 $544,433 $25,000 $48.59 $46.36 4.6%
2022 9,198 — 100,573 9,031 $476,518 $20,558 $51.81 $49.57 4.3%
2021 9,627 — 110,155 8,469 $447,418 — $46.48 — —
2020 9,993 — 109,192 8,200 $495,067 $19,735 $49.54 $47.57 4%
2019 24,582 — 224,453 14,343 $494,890 $41,592 $20.13 $18.44 8.4%
2018 30,461 — 265,741 17,326 $508,214 $45,890 $16.68 $15.18 9%
2017 30,542 — 280,223 17,400 $480,342 $63,803 $15.73 $13.64 13.3%
2016 31,066 — 275,569 30,613 $486,742 $50,787 $15.67 $14.03 10.4%
2015 30,859 — 279,379 29,768 $445,609 $29,330 $14.44 $13.49 6.6%