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 |