Paratransit Monthly Performance Report for January 2025

Monthly Narrative

Ridership

In-house average weekday ridership for January was 2,914, up by 2.06% from last year. Supplemental providers average weekday ridership was 326, up by 0.94%. Combined in-house and supplemental providers average weekday ridership was 3,240, up by 1.94%.

Fiscal year-to-date in-house and supplemental provider total ridership is up by 18,173 boardings, up 3.05% as compared to the same time period in fiscal year 2024.

On-Time Performance

Handi-Van on-time performance measured from 10 minutes prior to scheduled pickup time to 30 minutes after scheduled pickup time was 89.78% for January. The Handi-Van on-time performance (all early to scheduled pickup time to 30 minutes after scheduled pickup time) was 90.62%. On-time performance for trips with a desired arrival time was 56.99% (drop-offs completed within a 45-minute window before the clients’ desired arrival time) and 96.77% for all drop-offs completed before the clients’ desired arrival time.

Comparative Trip Length Analysis

An analysis was done to compare Handi-Van trip times with comparable bus trip times. A comparable fixed-route trip time is the scheduled on-vehicle bus time as calculated by Google Transit for the same origin and destination plus 30 minutes to account for walking, waiting, and transferring required on the fixed-route system. During the month of January, Handi-Van operated 70,863 trips including 6,840 trips that were longer than one hour in trip time. The analysis found that 75.09% of the Handi-Van trips longer than an hour were completed in the same time or less than a comparable fixed-route trip.

Excessive Trip Times

An analysis of excessive trip times was performed on all monthly Handi-Van trips with travel times in excess of one hour. The analysis found that 567 or 8.29% of these trips were more than 15 minutes longer than comparable fixed-route trips. 1,137 or 16.62% of trips were slower than their comparable fixed-route trip by less than 15 minutes.

Maintenance

Average vehicle availability was 75.82% for January, up by 0.42% from last year.

Call Center Performance

Over the month of January, reservationists answered 39,172 calls. Of those calls, 98.89% were answered within 3 minutes, and 99.94% were answered in 5 minutes.



Performance Metrics

Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
"January FY2025" "January FY2024" "January FY2019 Pre-COVID" "% Change FY 24 to 25" "7 Month FY2025" "7 Month FY2024" "7 Month FY2019 Pre-COVID" "% Change FY 24 to 25" "12 Month FY2019 Pre-COVID" Benchmark
Total Monthly Ridership 86,805 84,552 99,944 2.66% 613,739 595,566 698,192 3.05% 1,197,533
Average Weekday Ridership 3,240 3,178 3,790 1.94% 3,281 3,212 3,848 2.18% 3,856
Unique Riders During the Month 5,621 5,409 5,736 3.92% 5,587 5,356 5,802 4.32% 5,810
Cost per Revenue Hour $118.28 $107.70 $84.84 9.82% $116.18 $112.70 $87.38 3.09% $87.76 <= $90
Cost per Passenger Trip $56.97 $51.53 $39.45 10.54% $54.70 $52.80 $39.49 3.59% $39.61 <= $39
Cost per Revenue Mile $8.22 $7.51 $5.80 9.48% $8.06 $7.76 $5.86 3.88% $5.87 <= $6.20
Passenger Trips per Revenue Hour 2.08 2.09 2.15 -0.65% 2.12 2.13 2.21 -0.49% 2.22 >= 2.2
Farebox Recovery 2.36% 3.23% 4.66% -0.88% 2.87% 3.13% 4.37% -0.26% 4.30% 8%
On-Time Arrivals (Within 0-30 Min Window) 77.44% 79.08% 77.29% -1.63% 76.98% 77.99% 75.68% -1.02% 75.93%
Early Arrivals (> 10 Minutes) 0.85% 0.77% 2.07% 0.08% 0.84% 0.72% 2.19% 0.12% 2.14% < 2%
Very Early Arrivals (> 30 Minutes) 0.05% 0.02% 0.09% 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.13% 0.01% 0.12% < 1%
On-Time and Early Arrivals (Up to 10 Min Early) 89.78% 90.20% 90.26% -0.43% 88.69% 89.03% 88.00% -0.33% 87.99% >= 90%
On-Time and All Early Arrivals 90.62% 90.97% 92.33% -0.35% 89.53% 89.75% 90.19% -0.21% 90.13% >= 90%
Very Late Arrivals (>30 Minutes) 0.51% 0.64% 0.42% -0.12% 0.77% 0.82% 0.78% -0.05% 0.78% < 1%
On-Time Drop-Offs (Within 45 Mins) 56.99% 53.54% 62.47% 3.45% 56.08% 56.16% 59.96% -0.08% 60.91% > 90%
Comparative Trip Length Analysis 75.09% 74.65% 69.45% 0.44% 73.54% 73.52% 69.13% 0.03% 68.69% 50%
Excessive Trip Length 8.29% 8.94% 12.84% -0.65% 9.55% 9.19% 12.95% 0.36% 13.17% 1%
No Show / Late Cancellation Rate 4.59% 4.38% 4.46% 0.21% 4.30% 4.20% 4.42% 0.10% 4.44% < 5%
Advance Cancellation Rate 23.12% 21.45% 23.03% 1.67% 21.38% 20.20% 23.44% 1.18% 23.11% < 15%
Missed Trip Rate 0.74% 0.86% 0.57% -0.12% 1.00% 1.02% 0.95% -0.02% 0.95% < 0.5%
Complaints per 1,000 Trips 2.16 2.37 1.36 -8.72% 2.35 2.46 1.41 -4.57% 1.57 <= 1.25
Calls Answered Within 5 Minutes 99.94% 97.68% 37.12% 2.26% 99.13% 98.03% 53.74% 1.10% 50.30% 94%
Vehicle Availability 75.82% 75.40% 86.36% 0.42% 74.96% 72.83% 88.03% 2.13% 86.16% >= 80%

Note 1: Benchmarks are based on DTS Analysis "Short Range Transit Operations Plan - Tools to Measure Performance (May 2012)"
Note 2: Calls answered within 5 minutes benchmark based on DOJ Agreement (Agreement Between the United States of America and the City and County of Honolulu Under the Americans with Disabilities Act) paragraph 12


Charts

Average Weekday Ridership. Ridership has slowly trended upwards over the past few years, hovering around 3200 to 3400 over Fiscal Year 2024, ending at 3240 in January 2025. Unique Riders During the Month. Unique Riders has slowly trended upwards thoughout Fiscal Year 2024 aside from a small dip in June 2024, ending at 5621 in January 2025.
Cost per Revenue Hour. Cost per Revenue Hour slowly trended upwards over the past few year, aside from a spike in June 2024, ending at $118.28 per hour in January 2025. Cost per Passenger Trip. Cost per Passenger Trip has held in the $50 to $60 range throughout Fiscal Year 2024 aside from a spike in June 2024, ending at $56.97 per trip in January 2025.
Passenger Trips Per Revenue Hour. Over Fiscal Year 2024, Passenger Trips per Revenue Hour has held around 2.1, ending at 2.08 in January 2025. On-Time and Early Arrivals. On-Time rate has been just below 90% though most of Fiscal Year 2024, continuing through Fiscal Year 2025, ending at 89.78% in January 2025.
Combined No-Show/Cancel At Door/Late Cancel Rate. No shows and late cancels have held between 4% and 5% through Fiscal Year 2024, ending at 4.59% in January 2025. Advance Cancellation Rate. Advanced Cancels have hovered around 20% though Fiscal Year 2024, ending at 23.12% in January 2025.
Missed Trip Rate. Missed trip rate has erratically jumped between 0.5% and 2% throughout Fiscal Year 2024, ending at 0.74% in January 2025. Complaint Rate Per 1000 Trips. Complaint rate has varied between 2.0 and 3.0 through Fiscal Year 2024, spiking up to 2.9 in October 2024 before falling to 2.16 in January 2025.
Calls Answered Within 5 Minutes. Calls answered within 5 minutes has held over 95% though all of Fiscal Year 2024, ending at 99.94% in January 2025. Note that as of January 2025, the benchmark for calls answered within 5 minutes is 99%. Vehicle Availability Rate. Vehicle availability has oscillated between 70% and 80% though Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025, ending at 75.82% in January 2025.
Contractor Passenger Trips. Over Fiscal Year 2024, contractor passenger trips slowly trended upwards from about 6000, up to 8557 in January 2025. Contractor Revenue Hours. Contractor revenue hours have slowly trended upwards through Fiscal Year 2024 from about 2000, ending at 3141.42 in January 2025.
Contractor Cost Per Revenue Hour. Contractor cost per revenue hour has risen over Fiscal Year 2024, ending at $107.13 per hour in January 2025. Contractor Cost per Passenger. Over Fiscal Year 2024, contractor cost per passenger has held at about $40 per passenger, up to $39.33 per passenger in January 2025.
No Show Rate. No show rate has held steady between 0.5% and 1% through Fiscal Year 2024, ending at 0.88% in January 2025. Late Cancel Rate. Late Cancel rate has held at around 3% through Fiscal Year 2024, ending at 3.31% in Janaury 2025.
Cancel at Door Rate. Cancel at Door rate has held at around 0.5% though Fiscal Year 2023, ending at 0.41% in January 2025. Paratransit Operator Attendance. Operator attendance has slowly oscillated between 80% and 85% over Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025, ending at 81.86% in Janaury 2025.