The CTA calculates ridership by counting the customers who board a transit vehicle (bus or rail). The route that saw the largest decrease in ridership was Stockton/LaSalle Express with a 95.2 percent drop.
Bus transit experienced a 59.2 percent decline in ridership overall during the month. Train ridership across the city during the same month saw a decrease of 76.9 percent year over year. The train station that saw the largest decrease was the UIC-Halsted station with a decrease of 89.6 percent.
So far, the CTA has made no service cuts, even with the decrease in ridership. The Metra, which provides service to many of Chicago’s suburbs, has seen a 97 percent decrease in ridership, according to the Active Transportation Alliance. According to the Federal Transit Authority, Chicago’s public transportation sector received $1.43 billion in bailout funds from the CARES act to combat the decrease in ridership.
Rank | Route | Ridership decline year over year (%) |
---|---|---|
1 | Stockton/LaSalle Express | 95.2 |
2 | Union/Streeterville Express | 93.8 |
3 | Ogilvie/Streeterville Express | 93.4 |
4 | Clarendon/LaSalle Express | 90.8 |
5 | Water Tower Express | 90 |
5 | Evanston Circulator | 90 |
7 | Sedgwick | 89 |
7 | LaSalle | 89 |
9 | Bronzeville/Union Station | 88.4 |
10 | U. of Chicago/Kenwood | 87.8 |
11 | Stockton/Michigan Express | 87.4 |
12 | Sheridan/LaSalle Express | 86 |
12 | Navy Pier | 86 |
12 | Hyde Park Express | 86 |
15 | U. of Chicago/Hyde Park | 84.6 |
16 | Streeterville/Taylor | 82 |
17 | U. of Chicago Hospitals Express | 81.2 |
18 | Clarendon/Michigan Express | 80.1 |
19 | 55th/Austin | 80 |
20 | 31st | 78 |
21 | Harrison | 75.9 |
21 | Narragansett/Ridgeland | 75.9 |
23 | Wentworth | 72.8 |
24 | Central/Ridge | 71.7 |
25 | Grand | 71.5 |
26 | South Dam en | 70.4 |
27 | Western Express | 68.9 |
28 | Halsted | 68.7 |
29 | Kedzie | 68.5 |
30 | Blue Island/26th | 68.1 |
31 | Montrose | 67.9 |
31 | Addison | 67.9 |
33 | East 103rd | 67.2 |
34 | Ashland Express | 67.1 |
35 | Armitage | 67 |
36 | Jackson | 66.1 |
37 | State | 66 |
38 | Damen | 65.4 |
39 | Chicago | 64.4 |
40 | Inner Drive/Michigan Express | 64.3 |
41 | 31st/35th | 63.9 |
42 | West 65th | 63.8 |
43 | 55th/Narragansett | 63.7 |
44 | South Shore Express | 63.6 |
45 | North Cicero/Skokie Blvd. | 62.7 |
46 | Lunt | 62.6 |
47 | Sheridan | 62.4 |
48 | 16th/18th | 62.3 |
49 | Milwaukee | 62 |
49 | Archer | 62 |
49 | Jeffery Jump | 62 |
49 | Higgins | 62 |
53 | Jackson Park Express | 61 |
53 | South Pulaski | 61 |
53 | Peterson | 61 |
56 | Belmont | 60.4 |
57 | Fullerton | 60.2 |
57 | Halsted/95th | 60.2 |
59 | Pershing | 59.7 |
59 | Diversey | 59.7 |
61 | Northwest Highway | 59.6 |
62 | 51st | 58.3 |
63 | North | 58.2 |
64 | King Drive | 58.1 |
65 | Garfield | 57.7 |
65 | 59th/61st | 57.7 |
65 | Kimball-Homan | 57.7 |
68 | Roosevelt | 57.5 |
68 | Madison | 57.5 |
70 | Stony Island | 57.4 |
70 | Pullman/115th | 57.4 |
72 | Wallace-Racine | 57.3 |
73 | Division | 57.2 |
74 | Vincennes/111th | 56.9 |
75 | Laramie | 56.8 |
76 | Outer Drive Express | 56.7 |
77 | Irving Park | 56.6 |
78 | Clark | 56.3 |
79 | South Kedzie | 56.1 |
80 | West Lawrence | 55.9 |
81 | West 103rd | 55.6 |
82 | South Shore Night Bus | 55.1 |
82 | Lincoln | 55.1 |
82 | California/Dodge | 55.1 |
85 | 87th | 54.9 |
86 | Skokie | 54.4 |
87 | 63rd | 54.3 |
88 | Cottage Grove | 54.2 |
88 | West 63rd | 54.2 |
90 | South Chicago | 54.1 |
91 | Jeffery Manor Express | 53.9 |
92 | South Michigan | 53.7 |
93 | Western | 53.5 |
94 | Archer/Harlem | 53.3 |
95 | Cermak | 53.2 |
96 | 67th-69th-71st | 53 |
96 | North Western | 53 |
96 | 111th/King Drive | 53 |
99 | 74th-75th | 52 |
99 | 95th | 52 |
99 | Broadway | 52 |
99 | Pulaski | 52 |
99 | Jeffery Local | 52 |
104 | 79th | 50.7 |
105 | Foster | 50.6 |
106 | 71st/South Shore | 50.3 |
107 | Michigan/119th | 49.8 |
108 | Devon | 49.7 |
109 | Harlem | 49.6 |
110 | 43rd | 49.5 |
111 | Austin | 49.4 |
112 | 47th | 49.2 |
113 | Cicero | 48.8 |
114 | Central | 48.3 |
115 | Lawrence | 47.8 |
116 | South Halsted | 47 |
117 | Ashland | 46.4 |
118 | South Cicero | 46 |
119 | California | 41.2 |
120 | North Central | 39.2 |
121 | Pullman Shuttle | 22.2 |
122 | 69th-UPS Express | 17.2 |