Hyde Park Express ridership decreased by 83.9 percent during September 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 94.8 percent drop.
Bus transit experienced a 59.1 percent decline in ridership overall during the month. Train ridership across the city during the same month saw a decrease of 76.5 percent year over year. The train station that saw the largest decrease was the UIC-Halsted station with a decrease of 88.9 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 | 94.8 |
| 2 | Ogilvie/Streeterville Express | 93.5 |
| 3 | Union/Streeterville Express | 93.4 |
| 4 | W ater Tower Express | 90.1 |
| 4 | Clarendon/LaSalle Express | 90.1 |
| 6 | Sedgwick | 88.7 |
| 7 | LaSalle | 88.1 |
| 8 | Stockton/Michigan Express | 87.2 |
| 9 | U. of Chicago/Hyde Park | 87 |
| 9 | Bronzeville/Union Station | 87 |
| 11 | Evanston Circulator | 86.4 |
| 12 | Navy Pier | 84.5 |
| 13 | Sheridan/LaSalle Express | 84 |
| 13 | Hyde Park Express | 84 |
| 13 | U. of Chicago/Kenwood | 84 |
| 16 | Streeterville/T aylor | 82.1 |
| 17 | Clarendon/Michigan Express | 78.9 |
| 18 | U. of Chicago Hospitals Express | 78.6 |
| 19 | Narragansett/Ridgeland | 77.7 |
| 20 | Harrison | 74.4 |
| 21 | 55th/Austin | 74.3 |
| 22 | 31st | 73.4 |
| 23 | W entworth | 72.9 |
| 24 | South Dam en | 72.3 |
| 25 | Addison | 71.6 |
| 26 | Grand | 69.4 |
| 27 | W estern Express | 68.9 |
| 28 | Blue Island/26th | 68 |
| 28 | East 103rd | 68 |
| 28 | Kedzie | 68 |
| 28 | Halsted | 68 |
| 28 | Armitage | 68 |
| 33 | Central/Ridge | 66.9 |
| 34 | Montrose | 66.7 |
| 35 | Damen | 66.4 |
| 36 | Ashland Express | 66 |
| 36 | Jackson | 66 |
| 36 | Inner Drive/Michigan Express | 66 |
| 36 | State | 66 |
| 40 | Archer | 64.8 |
| 41 | 31st/35th | 63.8 |
| 42 | South Pulaski | 63.7 |
| 43 | Vincennes/111th | 63 |
| 43 | 16th/18th | 63 |
| 43 | Chicago | 63 |
| 46 | 55th/Narragansett | 62.1 |
| 46 | Sheridan | 62.1 |
| 48 | Lunt | 61.8 |
| 49 | Jackson Park Express | 61.4 |
| 50 | W est 65th | 61.3 |
| 51 | Northwest Highway | 61.2 |
| 52 | Jeffery Jump | 61.1 |
| 53 | Peterson | 60.9 |
| 54 | Halsted/95th | 60.8 |
| 55 | Kimball-Homan | 60.5 |
| 56 | Fullerton | 60.2 |
| 57 | Higgins | 60.1 |
| 58 | South Shore Express | 59.8 |
| 59 | Pullman/115th | 59.5 |
| 60 | North | 58.8 |
| 61 | W allace-Racine | 58.6 |
| 61 | Division | 58.6 |
| 63 | 51st | 58.4 |
| 63 | Milwaukee | 58.4 |
| 63 | Belmont | 58.4 |
| 66 | Pershing | 58.3 |
| 67 | 59th/61st | 58.1 |
| 68 | Diversey | 57.8 |
| 69 | North Cicero/Skokie Blvd. | 57.7 |
| 70 | King Drive | 57.3 |
| 71 | Jeffery Manor Express | 57.2 |
| 72 | Clark | 57.1 |
| 72 | Garfield | 57.1 |
| 72 | Irving Park | 57.1 |
| 75 | W est 103rd | 57 |
| 75 | South Shore Night Bus | 57 |
| 75 | Madison | 57 |
| 75 | Roosevelt | 57 |
| 75 | South Michigan | 57 |
| 75 | Outer Drive Express | 57 |
| 81 | Stony Island | 56.1 |
| 82 | 63rd | 55.7 |
| 83 | South Kedzie | 55.5 |
| 84 | W est Lawrence | 55.4 |
| 85 | Laramie | 55.2 |
| 85 | 87th | 55.2 |
| 85 | California/Dodge | 55.2 |
| 88 | Archer/Harlem | 55.1 |
| 89 | South Chicago | 54.7 |
| 89 | Foster | 54.7 |
| 91 | Cottage Grove | 54.5 |
| 92 | 111th/King Drive | 54.1 |
| 93 | W estern | 54 |
| 93 | Lincoln | 54 |
| 95 | 67th-69th-71st | 53 |
| 95 | 74th-75th | 53 |
| 95 | Skokie | 53 |
| 95 | Cermak | 53 |
| 95 | Austin | 53 |
| 95 | Pulaski | 53 |
| 101 | North W estern | 52.3 |
| 102 | Jeffery Local | 52.1 |
| 102 | Broadway | 52.1 |
| 104 | 79th | 52 |
| 104 | W est 63rd | 52 |
| 106 | Devon | 51.4 |
| 107 | Central | 50.7 |
| 108 | 47th | 50.1 |
| 109 | Cicero | 49.8 |
| 110 | 43rd | 49.7 |
| 111 | 95th | 49.4 |
| 112 | 71st/South Shore | 49.3 |
| 113 | Ashland | 48.7 |
| 113 | Harlem | 48.7 |
| 115 | South Halsted | 47.9 |
| 116 | Lawrence | 47.8 |
| 117 | North Central | 45.7 |
| 118 | South Cicero | 45.2 |
| 119 | Michigan/119th | 45 |
| 120 | California | 44.3 |
| 121 | Pullman Shuttle | 19.8 |
