Wilkes Transportation Authority

Demand Response at Wilkes Transportation Authority

Wilkes Transportation Authority carried 92,410 demand response boardings in FY2024 at $15.07 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Demand Response Wilkesboro, NC
FY2024 boardings
92.4K
-1.8% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$15.07
+15.4% nationwide $50.62
Subsidy per ride
$13.99
+16.3% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
7.1%
-9.6% nationwide 6.8%
Passenger miles
average trip — miles
Operating cost
$1.39M
Vehicles in service
23
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
1.51
61.1K 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, 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
Directly operated 92,410 61,114 $1,392,295 $15.07 $13.99 7.1% 23

Full series

Every year Wilkes Transportation Authority reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 92,410 1,013,034 61,114 $1,392,295 $99,185 $15.07 $13.99 7.1%
2023 94,139 935,375 55,785 $1,229,411 $96,912 $13.06 $12.03 7.9%
2022 54,811 727,769 43,148 $1,016,433 $78,876 $18.54 $17.11 7.8%
2021 41,791 599,420 36,763 $1,128,677 $65,570 $27.01 $25.44 5.8%
2020 47,598 650,364 39,799 $1,303,034 $62,650 $27.38 $26.06 4.8%
2019 54,013 703,379 42,839 $1,603,839 $82,502 $29.69 $28.17 5.1%
2018 55,660 733,895 44,138 $1,156,173 $49,467 $20.77 $19.88 4.3%
2017 60,815 679,829 42,595 $1,444,443 $41,802 $23.75 $23.06 2.9%
2016 49,646 605,038 35,622 $1,173,742 $23,381 $23.64 $23.17 2%
2015 44,386 514,062 30,029 $877,236 $29,570 $19.76 $19.10 3.4%