West Cook News

Laramie station ridership decreased by 66.6 percent during June 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 94.7 percent drop.

Train transit experienced an 84.3 percent decline in ridership overall during the month. Bus ridership across the city during the same month saw a decrease of 63.2 percent year over year. The bus route that saw the largest decrease was the Stockton/LaSalle Express with a decrease of 97.3 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	Station	Ridership decline year over year (%)
1	Merchandise Mart	94.7
2	Addison (Red Line - North Side)	93.8
3	Quincy/Wells	93.2
4	Grand (Red Line - North Side)	93
5	Monroe (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	92.2
6	Monroe (Red Line - State Street Subway)	91.9
7	Southport	91.5
8	Harrison	91.4
9	Jackson (Red Line - State Street Subway)	90.9
10	Washington	90.7
11	Damen (Blue Line - O'Hare)	90.6
11	Clark/Lake	90.6
13	Addison (Brown Line)	90.4
14	Fullerton	90.3
14	Armitage	90.3
16	Lake	90.1
16	Jackson (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	90.1
18	California (Blue Line - O'Hare)	90
18	Irving Park (Brown Line)	90
18	Noyes	90
18	Division	90
18	Washington/Wells	90
23	Chicago (Red Line - North Side)	89.4
23	Chicago (Blue Line - O'Hare)	89.4
25	State/Lake	89
25	Racine	89
25	Damen (Brown Line)	89
25	Adams/Wabash	89
25	Clinton (Blue Line - Forest Park)	89
25	Clinton (Green Line - Lake Street)	89
25	LaSalle/Van Buren	89
32	Grand (Blue Line - O'Hare)	88.4
32	Wellington	88.4
32	Diversey	88.4
35	Logan Square	88.3
35	Sedgwick	88.3
37	Foster	88.2
38	LaSalle	88.1
38	Rockwell	88.1
40	Western (Blue Line - O'Hare)	88
40	Lawrence	88
40	Oak Park (Blue Line - Forest Park)	88
40	Oak Park (Green Line - Lake Street)	88
40	Paulina	88
40	UIC-Halsted	88
40	Montrose (Brown Line)	88
40	Morgan	88
48	Sheridan	87.4
48	Cermak-Chinatown	87.4
48	Sox-35th	87.4
51	Belmont (Red Line - North Side)	86.9
52	Linden	86.7
53	Francisco	86.3
54	North/Clybourn	86.2
54	Montrose (Blue Line - O'Hare)	86.2
54	Ridgeland	86.2
57	Cumberland	85.5
58	Dempster-Skokie	85.4
59	Argyle	85.3
60	Clark/Division	85.2
61	Western (Brown Line)	84.1
62	Chicago (Brown Line)	83.8
63	Washington/Wabash	83.7
64	Harold Washington Library	83.4
65	Cermak	83.2
66	Loyola	83
66	Davis	83
68	Thorndale	82.4
68	Midway Airport	82.4
70	Main	82.1
70	35th/Archer	82.1
70	Halsted (Orange Line)	82.1
73	Dempster	82
73	Granville	82
73	O'Hare Airport	82
73	Irving Park (Blue Line - O'Hare)	82
77	Oakton	81.4
78	Berwyn	81.2
78	Roosevelt	81.2
80	Rosemont	81.1
81	Addison (Blue Line - O'Hare)	80.9
82	Belmont (Blue Line - O'Hare)	80.8
83	Harlem (Blue Line - O'Hare)	80.6
84	Pulaski (Orange Line)	80.1
85	Bryn Mawr	79.9
86	35-Bronzeville-IIT	79.8
87	Jarvis	79.2
88	Morse	78.8
88	Damen (Pink Line)	78.8
90	Austin (Blue Line - Forest Park)	78.7
90	18th	78.7
92	Kedzie (Brown Line)	78.6
93	South Boulevard	78.5
94	Ashland (Green Line - Lake Street)	78.4
95	Medical Center	77.3
96	Kimball	76.7
97	Polk	76.3
98	Kedzie (Orange Line)	76.1
99	Western (Blue Line - Forest Park)	76
99	Western (Orange Line)	76
101	Jefferson Park	75.1
102	California (Pink Line)	74.7
103	Indiana	74.5
104	Garfield (Red Line - Dan Ryan)	74.4
105	Kedzie (Pink Line)	73.7
106	Central (Purple Line - Evanston)	73.6
106	Ashland (Orange Line)	73.6
108	Wilson	73.3
109	Harlem (Green Line - Lake Street)	72.8
110	87th	72.7
111	Forest Park	72.6
111	43rd	72.6
113	Austin (Green Line - Lake Street)	72.5
114	Garfield (Green Line - South Elevated)	71.9
115	Central Park	71.7
116	54th/Cermak	71.5
117	Kildare	71.2
118	East 63rd-Cottage Grove	71.1
119	Harlem (Blue Line - Forest Park)	70.9
119	California (Green Line - Lake Street)	70.9
121	Howard	70.8
122	47th (Green Line - South Elevated)	69.9
122	51st	69.9
124	Kedzie-Homan	69.7
125	63rd	69.3
126	47th (Red Line - Dan Ryan)	69
126	Western (Pink Line)	69
126	79th	69
129	69th	67.8
130	Kedzie (Green Line - Lake Street)	67.7
131	Kostner	67.3
132	Cicero (Green Line - Lake Street)	66.9
133	Laramie	66.6
133	Halsted (Green Line - Ashland/63rd Branch)	66.6
135	Cicero (Pink Line)	66.5
136	Pulaski (Pink Line)	66.1
137	95/Dan Ryan	65.8
138	Pulaski (Green Line - Lake Street)	65.7
139	Ashland/63rd	64.9
140	Cicero (Blue Line - Forest Park)	63.8
141	Central (Green Line - Lake Street)	63.4
142	King Drive	62.1
143	Conservatory	59.9
144	Pulaski (Blue Line - Forest Park)	56.5