APP C - Historical Data City of Ripon 2017 to 2021 YTD.pdf

This is a historical data appendix for the City of Ripon, Wisconsin's Request for Proposals to provide shared-ride taxi services. The solicitation, issued August 4, 2021, seeks qualified contractors to provide door-to-door, demand-responsive, advanced reservation shared-ride taxi services available to the general public seven days a week. The service must accommodate disabled individuals, with contractors responsible for assisting passengers into and out of accessible vehicles. Required services include telephone communications, dispatching, driving, maintenance, and record keeping. Proposals were due by 4:00 PM on October 1, 2021. Some vehicles and radio equipment were available through lease arrangements.

The historical data provided in Appendix C covers 2017 through mid-2021 and demonstrates operational metrics that prospective bidders could use to develop proposals. Over the five-year period, the service transported an average of 33,609 annual passengers, with ridership declining from 38,333 in 2019 to 15,160 in 2021 (six months). Annual elderly and handicapped passengers averaged 23,592, while student passengers averaged 3,563. The service operated at an average of three rides per hour with approximately 33 annual average vehicle hours per day. Annual driver hours averaged 12,185, and vehicles traveled an average of 105,534 miles annually across the service period.