Train transit experienced a 78 percent decline in ridership overall during the month. Bus ridership across the city during the same month saw a decrease of 57.2 percent year over year. The bus route that saw the largest decrease was the Stockton/LaSalle Express with a decrease of 96 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 | 90.8 |
2 | Quincy/Wells | 90.5 |
3 | Monroe (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway) | 90.2 |
4 | Addison (Red Line - North Side) | 89.2 |
4 | Monroe (Red Line - State Street Subway) | 89.2 |
6 | Clark/Lake | 86.9 |
7 | Jackson (Red Line - State Street Subway) | 86.8 |
8 | Southport | 86.6 |
8 | Washington/Wells | 86.6 |
10 | Grand (Red Line - North Side) | 86.5 |
11 | LaSalle/Van Buren | 86 |
11 | Washington | 86 |
11 | Harrison | 86 |
11 | Clinton (Blue Line - Forest Park) | 86 |
15 | Jackson (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway) | 85.4 |
16 | California (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 85.1 |
16 | Addison (Brown Line) | 85.1 |
18 | Rockwell | 84.9 |
19 | Lake | 84.8 |
20 | UIC-Halsted | 84.6 |
20 | Irving Park (Brown Line) | 84.6 |
20 | Adams/Wabash | 84.6 |
23 | Damen (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 84.5 |
23 | Oak Park (Blue Line - Forest Park) | 84.5 |
25 | LaSalle | 84.3 |
26 | Sedgwick | 83.9 |
27 | Thorndale | 83.8 |
27 | Bryn Mawr | 83.8 |
27 | Armitage | 83.8 |
30 | Montrose (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 83.7 |
31 | Western (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 83.6 |
31 | Damen (Brown Line) | 83.6 |
33 | Linden | 83.5 |
34 | Noyes | 83.4 |
35 | Wellington | 83.2 |
36 | Clinton (Green Line - Lake Street) | 83.1 |
36 | Diversey | 83.1 |
38 | Granville | 82.9 |
39 | Montrose (Brown Line) | 82.8 |
39 | Paulina | 82.8 |
41 | Ridgeland | 82.7 |
42 | Fullerton | 82.6 |
43 | Division | 82.5 |
43 | Chicago (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 82.5 |
45 | Oak Park (Green Line - Lake Street) | 82.3 |
46 | Foster | 82 |
46 | State/Lake | 82 |
46 | Chicago (Red Line - North Side) | 82 |
46 | Logan Square | 82 |
50 | Racine | 81 |
50 | Sox-35th | 81 |
50 | Grand (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 81 |
50 | Cumberland | 81 |
50 | Chicago (Brown Line) | 81 |
55 | Sheridan | 80.4 |
56 | Belmont (Red Line - North Side) | 80.3 |
57 | Cermak-Chinatown | 80.2 |
58 | Francisco | 80.1 |
59 | Harold Washington Library | 79.8 |
60 | Morgan | 79.7 |
61 | Clark/Division | 79.3 |
62 | North/Clybourn | 79.1 |
62 | Dempster-Skokie | 79.1 |
64 | Addison (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 79 |
64 | Cermak | 79 |
66 | Washington/Wabash | 78 |
67 | O'Hare Airport | 77 |
67 | Western (Brown Line) | 77 |
67 | Oakton | 77 |
70 | Midway Airport | 76.2 |
71 | Main | 75.9 |
72 | Lawrence | 75.8 |
73 | Davis | 75.6 |
73 | 35-Bronzeville-IIT | 75.6 |
75 | Dempster | 75.5 |
76 | Roosevelt | 74.7 |
77 | South Boulevard | 74.4 |
78 | Halsted (Orange Line) | 74.2 |
79 | Argyle | 74.1 |
80 | 35th/Archer | 73.5 |
81 | Loyola | 73.3 |
82 | Rosemont | 72.9 |
83 | Belmont (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 72 |
83 | Harlem (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 72 |
83 | Austin (Blue Line - Forest Park) | 72 |
86 | Ashland (Green Line - Lake Street) | 71.2 |
87 | Irving Park (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 71.1 |
88 | Morse | 70.4 |
89 | Pulaski (Orange Line) | 69.6 |
90 | Central (Purple Line - Evanston) | 69.4 |
91 | Wilson | 69.2 |
92 | Western (Blue Line - Forest Park) | 69 |
92 | Kedzie (Brown Line) | 69 |
92 | Medical Center | 69 |
92 | Jarvis | 69 |
96 | 18th | 68.4 |
97 | Garfield (Green Line - South Elevated) | 68.2 |
98 | Kimball | 67.8 |
99 | Damen (Pink Line) | 67.7 |
100 | Polk | 67.5 |
101 | Forest Park | 67.4 |
102 | Berwyn | 66.8 |
103 | Western (Orange Line) | 66.4 |
104 | Indiana | 66.3 |
105 | Harlem (Green Line - Lake Street) | 66.1 |
105 | Austin (Green Line - Lake Street) | 66.1 |
107 | 43rd | 65.9 |
108 | Jefferson Park | 65.7 |
109 | Garfield (Red Line - Dan Ryan) | 65 |
109 | East 63rd-Cottage Grove | 65 |
111 | Kedzie-Homan | 64 |
111 | 87th | 64 |
111 | 51st | 64 |
111 | Kedzie (Orange Line) | 64 |
111 | Howard | 64 |
111 | 47th (Green Line - South Elevated) | 64 |
117 | 47th (Red Line - Dan Ryan) | 63.1 |
118 | 54th/Cermak | 62.2 |
119 | 63rd | 62.1 |
120 | Harlem (Blue Line - Forest Park) | 61.8 |
121 | 69th | 61.2 |
122 | Ashland (Orange Line) | 61.1 |
123 | Kedzie (Green Line - Lake Street) | 61 |
123 | 79th | 61 |
125 | California (Pink Line) | 59.6 |
126 | Kedzie (Pink Line) | 59.3 |
127 | California (Green Line - Lake Street) | 59.2 |
128 | Kildare | 59.1 |
129 | Central Park | 58.8 |
130 | 95/Dan Ryan | 58.6 |
131 | Ashland/63rd | 58.1 |
132 | Kostner | 57.7 |
133 | Western (Pink Line) | 57.5 |
134 | Halsted (Green Line - Ashland/63rd Branch) | 57.1 |
135 | Cicero (Green Line - Lake Street) | 56.7 |
136 | Cicero (Blue Line - Forest Park) | 56.4 |
137 | Laramie | 55.6 |
138 | King Drive | 55.1 |
139 | Central (Green Line - Lake Street) | 53.9 |
140 | Pulaski (Green Line - Lake Street) | 52.7 |
141 | Pulaski (Pink Line) | 52.5 |
142 | Conservatory | 50.4 |
143 | Cicero (Pink Line) | 50.2 |
144 | Pulaski (Blue Line - Forest Park) | 44.3 |