University of Minnesota

Demand Response at University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota carried 2,413 demand response boardings in FY2022 at $124.63 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Minneapolis, MN
FY2022 boardings
2.4K
+1894.2% vs FY2021
Cost per ride
$124.63
-93% nationwide $50.40
Subsidy per ride
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
nationwide 6.9%
Passenger miles
4.6K
average trip 1.89 miles
Operating cost
$300.7K
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.74
882 hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through June 2022.

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, FY2022

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 2,413 4,564 882 $300,734 $124.63 3

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 University of Minnesota reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2022 2,413 4,564 9,996 882 $300,734 $124.63
2021 121 332 212 29 $216,935 $1792.85
2020 6,867 23,028 19,950 3,605 $310,305 $45.19
2019 8,452 32,442 27,320 4,691 $298,419 $35.31
2018 10,218 31,156 30,257 5,537 $325,514 $31.86
2017 8,232 23,664 19,436 4,905 $263,095 $31.96
2016 6,572 17,690 17,201 1,507 $234,982 $35.76
2015 5,559 17,216 17,216 4,797 $146,756 $26.40