Western Maine Transportation Services, Inc.

Demand Response at Western Maine Transportation Services, Inc.

Western Maine Transportation Services, Inc. carried 45,183 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $34.04 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Auburn, ME
FY2024 boardings
45.2K
+23.5% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$34.04
-12.6% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$28.65
-19.5% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
15.8%
+82.6% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
156.3K
average trip 3.46 miles
Operating cost
$1.54M
Vehicles in service
12
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
2.83
16K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through September 2024.

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
Directly operated 45,183 156,310 15,955 $1,538,133 $34.04 $29.16 14.3% 12

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 Western Maine Transportation Services, Inc. reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 45,183 156,310 186,566 15,955 $1,538,133 $243,640 $34.04 $28.65 15.8%
2023 36,585 123,211 171,906 13,883 $1,425,382 $123,657 $38.96 $35.58 8.7%
2022 34,686 129,726 163,100 12,538 $1,722,767 $27,207 $49.67 $48.88 1.6%
2021 20,803 95,694 102,395 7,759 $1,192,383 $16,446 $57.32 $56.53 1.4%
2020 22,085 235,433 103,564 8,477 $998,281 $128,365 $45.20 $39.39 12.9%
2019 50,183 222,552 217,199 17,514 $1,134,737 $73,554 $22.61 $21.15 6.5%
2018 49,103 186,460 200,868 16,788 $1,026,902 $51,312 $20.91 $19.87 5%
2017 52,471 221,825 258,320 22,343 $1,304,761 $74,027 $24.87 $23.46 5.7%
2016 92,914 368,286 356,685 31,873 $1,686,059 $67,854 $18.15 $17.42 4%
2015 133,738 392,853 36,583 $1,827,867 $41,216 $13.67 $13.36 2.3%