95th ridership decreased by 47.6 percent during December 2020 compared to the previous year, according to the Chicago Transportation Authority.
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 95.7 percent drop.
Bus transit experienced a 59.9 percent decline in ridership overall during the month. Train ridership across the city during the same month saw a decrease of 77 percent year over year. The train station that saw the largest decrease was the Merchandise Mart station with a decrease of 90.5 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 | 95.7 |
| 2 | Clarendon/LaSalle Express | 93.7 |
| 3 | Ogilvie/Streeterville Express | 93.5 |
| 4 | Union/Streeterville Express | 93.4 |
| 5 | Water Tower Express | 90.4 |
| 6 | Sedgwick | 89.7 |
| 6 | LaSalle | 89.7 |
| 8 | Navy Pier | 88.2 |
| 9 | Bronzeville/Union Station | 87.5 |
| 9 | Stockton/Michigan Express | 87.5 |
| 11 | Sheridan/LaSalle Express | 86.8 |
| 12 | Evanston Circulator | 86.6 |
| 13 | Hyde Park Express | 85.2 |
| 14 | U. of Chicago/Hyde Park | 82.5 |
| 15 | U. of Chicago/Kenwood | 82 |
| 16 | Clarendon/Michigan Express | 80.3 |
| 17 | Streeterville/Taylor | 79.9 |
| 18 | 55th/Austin | 77.6 |
| 19 | U. of Chicago Hospitals Express | 74.8 |
| 20 | Narragansett/Ridgeland | 72.9 |
| 21 | Grand | 72.3 |
| 22 | Harrison | 72 |
| 23 | South Dam en | 70.1 |
| 24 | Western Express | 70 |
| 24 | Central/Ridge | 70 |
| 24 | Wentworth | 70 |
| 27 | Addison | 69.4 |
| 28 | Inner Drive/Michigan Express | 68.3 |
| 29 | 31st | 68.1 |
| 30 | Kedzie | 67.7 |
| 31 | Halsted | 67.5 |
| 32 | Damen | 67.4 |
| 33 | Armitage | 67.3 |
| 34 | Blue Island/26th | 67 |
| 35 | Sheridan | 66.3 |
| 36 | State | 66.1 |
| 37 | Archer | 65.7 |
| 38 | Chicago | 65 |
| 38 | Jackson | 65 |
| 38 | Ashland Express | 65 |
| 38 | 31st/35th | 65 |
| 42 | Montrose | 64.2 |
| 43 | Clark | 63.1 |
| 44 | Jackson Park Express | 63 |
| 44 | Milwaukee | 63 |
| 46 | Jeffery Jump | 62.3 |
| 47 | North Cicero/Skokie Blvd. | 62.1 |
| 48 | Vincennes/111th | 61.9 |
| 49 | 16th/18th | 61.5 |
| 50 | 55th/Narragansett | 61.3 |
| 51 | Belmont | 61.2 |
| 52 | Pullman/115th | 61.1 |
| 53 | Madison | 61 |
| 53 | East 103rd | 61 |
| 53 | Pershing | 61 |
| 53 | Wallace-Racine | 61 |
| 53 | Fullerton | 61 |
| 53 | Outer Drive Express | 61 |
| 59 | South Pulaski | 60.2 |
| 60 | Lunt | 59.8 |
| 61 | Garfield | 59.6 |
| 62 | Laramie | 59.5 |
| 62 | Division | 59.5 |
| 64 | Halsted/95th | 59.2 |
| 65 | Kimball-Homan | 59.1 |
| 66 | South Shore Night Bus | 58.9 |
| 67 | Peterson | 58.8 |
| 68 | North | 58.4 |
| 69 | South Shore Express | 58.2 |
| 69 | Diversey | 58.2 |
| 71 | King Drive | 58.1 |
| 72 | 59th/61st | 57.8 |
| 73 | California/Dodge | 57.6 |
| 74 | 51st | 57 |
| 74 | Lincoln | 57 |
| 74 | Northwest Highway | 57 |
| 74 | Roosevelt | 57 |
| 74 | Irving Park | 57 |
| 74 | 111th/King Drive | 57 |
| 80 | Jeffery Manor Express | 56.4 |
| 81 | Broadway | 56.3 |
| 82 | Higgins | 56.2 |
| 82 | West 103rd | 56.2 |
| 84 | North Western | 56.1 |
| 85 | South Chicago | 56 |
| 85 | Western | 56 |
| 85 | 74th-75th | 56 |
| 85 | West 65th | 56 |
| 89 | West 63rd | 55.4 |
| 90 | Stony Island | 55.3 |
| 91 | South Kedzie | 55.2 |
| 91 | 67th-69th-71st | 55.2 |
| 93 | South Michigan | 55 |
| 93 | Foster | 55 |
| 93 | West Lawrence | 55 |
| 93 | 63rd | 55 |
| 93 | 87th | 55 |
| 98 | Devon | 53.9 |
| 99 | Jeffery Local | 53.8 |
| 100 | Pulaski | 53.7 |
| 101 | Cermak | 53.6 |
| 102 | Cottage Grove | 53.2 |
| 103 | Skokie | 53.1 |
| 104 | 79th | 52.6 |
| 105 | Archer/Harlem | 52.2 |
| 106 | Michigan/119th | 51.2 |
| 107 | Ashland | 51 |
| 107 | Cicero | 51 |
| 107 | Lawrence | 51 |
| 107 | 43rd | 51 |
| 111 | Central | 49.9 |
| 112 | 47th | 49.4 |
| 113 | South Cicero | 49 |
| 113 | 71st/South Shore | 49 |
| 115 | 95th | 47.6 |
| 116 | South Halsted | 47.3 |
| 116 | Austin | 47.3 |
| 118 | Harlem | 46.2 |
| 119 | California | 46 |
| 120 | Pullman Shuttle | 35.8 |
| 121 | North Central | 33.6 |
| 122 | 69th-UPS Express | 0.2 |
