West Cook News

Lawrence station ridership decreased by 74.8 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 station that saw the largest decrease in ridership was UIC-Halsted station with 88.9 percent drop.

Train transit experienced a 76.5 percent decline in ridership overall during the month. Bus ridership across the city during the same month saw a decrease of 59.1 percent year over year. The bus route that saw the largest decrease was the Stockton/LaSalle Express with a decrease of 94.8 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	UIC-Halsted	88.9
2	Merchandise Mart	88.7
3	Quincy/Wells	88.6
4	Monroe (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	87.9
5	Monroe (Red Line - State Street Subway)	86.6
6	Addison (Red Line - North Side)	86.5
7	Jackson (Red Line - State Street Subway)	86.4
8	Southport	85.4
9	Racine	85.1
9	Addison (Brown Line)	85.1
11	Clark/Lake	84.8
12	Fullerton	84.7
12	Washington/Wells	84.7
14	LaSalle/Van Buren	84
14	Rockwell	84
14	Jackson (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	84
14	Clinton (Blue Line - Forest Park)	84
14	Montrose (Blue Line - O'Hare)	84
19	Irving Park (Brown Line)	83.4
20	California (Blue Line - O'Hare)	83.2
20	Washington	83.2
22	Grand (Red Line - North Side)	83.1
22	Oak Park (Blue Line - Forest Park)	83.1
22	Armitage	83.1
25	Lake	82.5
26	LaSalle	82.4
27	Damen (Blue Line - O'Hare)	82.3
28	Western (Blue Line - O'Hare)	82.2
29	Harrison	81.9
30	Damen (Brown Line)	81.7
30	Adams/Wabash	81.7
32	Ridgeland	81.5
33	Chicago (Blue Line - O'Hare)	81.2
34	Sedgwick	81.1
35	Clinton (Green Line - Lake Street)	81
35	Diversey	81
35	Oak Park (Green Line - Lake Street)	81
35	Paulina	81
35	Wellington	81
35	State/Lake	81
41	Montrose (Brown Line)	80.4
42	Linden	80.2
42	Francisco	80.2
44	Cumberland	79.7
44	Logan Square	79.7
46	Noyes	79.6
46	Division	79.6
48	Chicago (Red Line - North Side)	78.9
48	Foster	78.9
48	Addison (Blue Line - O'Hare)	78.9
48	Harold Washington Library	78.9
52	Sheridan	78.5
53	Grand (Blue Line - O'Hare)	78
53	Belmont (Red Line - North Side)	78
53	Sox-35th	78
53	Halsted (Orange Line)	78
53	Cermak-Chinatown	78
53	Chicago (Brown Line)	78
59	Loyola	77
59	North/Clybourn	77
59	Cermak	77
59	Thorndale	77
59	Clark/Division	77
59	Dempster-Skokie	77
65	Oakton	75.6
66	Morgan	75.5
67	Granville	75.3
68	Midway Airport	75
68	Rosemont	75
68	Lawrence	75
71	Western (Brown Line)	74.2
72	Davis	73.9
73	35th/Archer	73.8
74	Bryn Mawr	73.7
74	Main	73.7
76	Washington/Wabash	73.1
77	Berwyn	72.9
78	O'Hare Airport	72.6
79	South Boulevard	72.5
79	Medical Center	72.5
81	Austin (Blue Line - Forest Park)	72.2
82	35-Bronzeville-IIT	72.1
82	Pulaski (Orange Line)	72.1
84	Roosevelt	72
84	Harlem (Blue Line - O'Hare)	72
84	Argyle	72
84	Western (Blue Line - Forest Park)	72
88	Ashland (Green Line - Lake Street)	70.8
89	Belmont (Blue Line - O'Hare)	70.7
90	Dempster	70.2
91	Wilson	69.9
91	California (Pink Line)	69.9
93	Irving Park (Blue Line - O'Hare)	69.6
94	Kedzie (Pink Line)	69.5
95	Morse	69.4
96	Kedzie (Brown Line)	69.1
97	Central (Purple Line - Evanston)	69
97	Kimball	69
99	Jarvis	67.4
100	Damen (Pink Line)	67.2
101	Western (Orange Line)	66.5
102	Jefferson Park	65.9
102	18th	65.9
104	Garfield (Green Line - South Elevated)	65.7
104	Kedzie (Orange Line)	65.7
106	Polk	65.3
107	East 63rd-Cottage Grove	65.1
108	Indiana	64.9
109	Forest Park	64.7
110	Kedzie (Green Line - Lake Street)	64.5
111	Garfield (Red Line - Dan Ryan)	64.2
112	47th (Red Line - Dan Ryan)	63.3
113	Harlem (Green Line - Lake Street)	63.2
113	Austin (Green Line - Lake Street)	63.2
115	63rd	62.7
116	43rd	62.5
117	Howard	62.2
117	51st	62.2
119	Kildare	62
119	87th	62
119	Kedzie-Homan	62
122	54th/Cermak	61.4
122	Ashland (Orange Line)	61.4
124	47th (Green Line - South Elevated)	61.1
125	Harlem (Blue Line - Forest Park)	60.9
126	Central Park	60.8
127	Halsted (Green Line - Ashland/63rd Branch)	60.7
128	69th	59.9
129	79th	59.2
130	95/Dan Ryan	57.6
130	California (Green Line - Lake Street)	57.6
132	Western (Pink Line)	57.3
133	Kostner	57
134	Laramie	56.2
134	Ashland/63rd	56.2
136	Central (Green Line - Lake Street)	55.8
137	Cicero (Green Line - Lake Street)	55.6
138	Cicero (Blue Line - Forest Park)	54.4
139	Pulaski (Green Line - Lake Street)	52.8
140	Pulaski (Pink Line)	52.5
141	King Drive	51.8
142	Cicero (Pink Line)	48.3
143	Conservatory	45.7
144	Pulaski (Blue Line - Forest Park)	42.8