Paulina ridership decreased by 82.8% during January

Jun 8, 2021

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Paulina station ridership decreased by 82.8 percent during January 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 station that saw the largest decrease in ridership was Merchandise Mart station with a 91.7 percent drop.

Train transit experienced a 79.1 percent decline in ridership overall during the month. Bus ridership across the city during the same month saw a decrease of 63.6 percent year over year. The bus route that saw the largest decrease was the Stockton/LaSalle Express with a decrease of 96.1 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.

Train Stations with Largest Declines in Ridership

Rank	Station	Ridership decline year over year (%)
1	Merchandise Mart	91.7
2	Quincy/Wells	91.5
3	Monroe (Blue Line – Dearborn Subway)	90.1
4	Jackson (Red Line – State Street Subway)	88.9
4	UIC-Halsted	88.9
6	Monroe (Red Line – State Street Subway)	88.7
7	Clark/Lake	88.5
8	Washington/Wells	88.3
9	Fullerton	87.5
9	Southport	87.5
11	LaSalle/Van Buren	87.3
12	Irving Park (Brown Line)	86.8
13	Montrose (Blue Line – O’Hare)	86.7
13	Clinton (Blue Line – Forest Park)	86.7
15	Damen (Blue Line – O’Hare)	86.6
15	Addison (Brown Line)	86.6
17	California (Blue Line – O’Hare)	86.3
18	Grand (Red Line – North Side)	86.2
19	Washington	86.1
20	Jackson (Blue Line – Dearborn Subway)	86
20	Racine	86
20	Oak Park (Blue Line – Forest Park)	86
20	Western (Blue Line – O’Hare)	86
24	Clinton (Green Line – Lake Street)	85.4
25	Adams/Wabash	85.3
26	Armitage	85.1
27	Lake	84.8
28	Rockwell	84.6
29	Montrose (Brown Line)	84.2
29	Diversey	84.2
31	Damen (Brown Line)	83.8
32	Harrison	83.7
33	LaSalle	83.6
33	Wellington	83.6
35	Logan Square	83.5
36	State/Lake	83.4
37	Morgan	83.3
38	Ridgeland	83.2
39	Chicago (Blue Line – O’Hare)	83
39	Sedgwick	83
39	Paulina	83
39	Division	83
39	Oak Park (Green Line – Lake Street)	83
44	Addison (Red Line – North Side)	82
44	Chicago (Brown Line)	82
44	Addison (Blue Line – O’Hare)	82
44	Cumberland	82
44	Francisco	82
49	Sheridan	81.3
50	Harold Washington Library	81
50	Noyes	81
50	Grand (Blue Line – O’Hare)	81
50	Linden	81
54	Foster	80.2
55	Belmont (Red Line – North Side)	79.6
55	Chicago (Red Line – North Side)	79.6
57	Cermak-Chinatown	79.4
58	Halsted (Orange Line)	79.3
59	Loyola	79
59	North/Clybourn	79
59	Clark/Division	79
59	Western (Brown Line)	79
63	Sox-35th	78.3
64	Davis	77.9
64	Main	77.9
66	35th/Archer	76.9
67	Berwyn	76.8
67	Dempster-Skokie	76.8
69	Oakton	76.7
69	Washington/Wabash	76.7
71	Cermak	76.3
72	Argyle	76.1
73	South Boulevard	76
73	Pulaski (Orange Line)	76
73	Lawrence	76
73	Granville	76
73	Thorndale	76
73	Austin (Blue Line – Forest Park)	76
79	Midway Airport	75.3
80	Bryn Mawr	75.2
80	Harlem (Blue Line – O’Hare)	75.2
82	Ashland (Green Line – Lake Street)	74.8
82	35-Bronzeville-IIT	74.8
84	Dempster	74.6
84	Belmont (Blue Line – O’Hare)	74.6
86	Irving Park (Blue Line – O’Hare)	74.5
87	Western (Blue Line – Forest Park)	74.2
88	Morse	74
89	Rosemont	73.2
89	Medical Center	73.2
91	Roosevelt	72.6
91	Kedzie (Brown Line)	72.6
93	O’Hare Airport	72.5
94	Wilson	72.1
95	Kedzie (Green Line – Lake Street)	71.7
96	Kimball	71.5
97	Jarvis	71.3
98	Indiana	70.8
99	Damen (Pink Line)	70.6
100	Jefferson Park	70.5
100	Western (Orange Line)	70.5
102	18th	70.2
103	Kedzie (Orange Line)	69.5
104	43rd	69
104	Polk	69
104	Forest Park	69
107	Austin (Green Line – Lake Street)	67.9
108	Harlem (Green Line – Lake Street)	67.8
109	Central (Purple Line – Evanston)	67.2
110	Garfield (Red Line – Dan Ryan)	67.1
110	Garfield (Green Line – South Elevated)	67.1
112	Kildare	66.3
113	47th (Red Line – Dan Ryan)	65.9
113	63rd	65.9
115	East 63rd-Cottage Grove	65.4
116	Howard	64.8
116	Kedzie-Homan	64.8
118	51st	64.7
118	Ashland (Orange Line)	64.7
120	Harlem (Blue Line – Forest Park)	64.5
120	Central Park	64.5
122	47th (Green Line – South Elevated)	64.4
123	87th	64.3
124	California (Pink Line)	62.9
125	69th	62.8
126	95/Dan Ryan	62.5
127	79th	62.4
128	Halsted (Green Line – Ashland/63rd Branch)	62.2
129	Cicero (Green Line – Lake Street)	61.3
130	Laramie	61
130	54th/Cermak	61
130	California (Green Line – Lake Street)	61
133	Central (Green Line – Lake Street)	59.9
134	Kedzie (Pink Line)	59.8
135	Ashland/63rd	59.3
136	Cicero (Blue Line – Forest Park)	58.9
137	Western (Pink Line)	58.1
138	Pulaski (Pink Line)	56.6
139	King Drive	56
140	Kostner	54.6
141	Cicero (Pink Line)	54.5
142	Pulaski (Green Line – Lake Street)	53.3
143	Conservatory	53
144	Pulaski (Blue Line – Forest Park)	40.7

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