Victor Valley Transit Authority

Demand Response at Victor Valley Transit Authority

Victor Valley Transit Authority carried 141,920 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $54.06 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Hesperia, CA
FY2024 boardings
141.9K
+21.2% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$54.06
-0.5% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$50.92
-0.7% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
5.8%
+2.5% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
1.44M
average trip 10.12 miles
Operating cost
$7.67M
Vehicles in service
42
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.43
58.5K 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 141,920 1,436,223 58,522 $7,672,706 $54.06 $50.92 5.8% 42

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 Victor Valley Transit Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 141,920 1,436,223 816,581 58,522 $7,672,706 $446,062 $54.06 $50.92 5.8%
2023 117,105 1,172,597 711,050 47,911 $6,363,781 $361,095 $54.34 $51.26 5.7%
2022 100,488 1,399,195 659,494 42,925 $5,058,077 $284,056 $50.34 $47.51 5.6%
2021 59,109 823,034 475,091 33,652 $3,840,064 $194,739 $64.97 $61.67 5.1%
2020 147,166 2,049,139 796,306 52,234 $4,746,664 $464,821 $32.25 $29.10 9.8%
2019 189,182 2,634,170 983,738 61,767 $5,557,594 $607,636 $29.38 $26.17 10.9%
2018 182,765 2,536,036 919,424 59,758 $5,114,970 $544,512 $27.99 $25.01 10.6%
2017 188,908 2,488,511 969,776 60,578 $5,135,160 $558,805 $27.18 $24.23 10.9%
2016 173,152 2,394,765 1,006,913 62,127 $5,062,490 $515,193 $29.24 $26.26 10.2%
2015 153,525 1,560,576 914,824 52,311 $4,193,559 $503,259 $27.32 $24.04 12%