Train transit experienced a 77.9 percent decline in ridership overall during the month. Bus ridership across the city during the same month saw a decrease of 57.1 percent year over year. The bus route that saw the largest decrease was the Stockton/LaSalle Express with a decrease of 95.3 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 | 90.6 |
2 | Quincy/Wells | 90.1 |
3 | Monroe (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway) | 89.7 |
4 | Monroe (Red Line - State Street Subway) | 88.4 |
5 | Addison (Red Line - North Side) | 87.7 |
6 | Southport | 87.6 |
7 | Noyes | 86.5 |
8 | Grand (Red Line - North Side) | 86.4 |
8 | Jackson (Red Line - State Street Subway) | 86.4 |
10 | Clark/Lake | 86 |
10 | Washington/Wells | 86 |
10 | LaSalle/Van Buren | 86 |
10 | California (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 86 |
10 | Damen (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 86 |
10 | Washington | 86 |
16 | Harrison | 85.4 |
16 | Addison (Brown Line) | 85.4 |
18 | Foster | 85 |
18 | Clinton (Blue Line - Forest Park) | 85 |
18 | Armitage | 85 |
18 | Jackson (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway) | 85 |
18 | Irving Park (Brown Line) | 85 |
18 | Adams/Wabash | 85 |
24 | Lake | 84.4 |
24 | UIC-Halsted | 84.4 |
26 | Oak Park (Blue Line - Forest Park) | 84.2 |
27 | Western (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 84.1 |
28 | Fullerton | 84 |
28 | LaSalle | 84 |
28 | Clinton (Green Line - Lake Street) | 84 |
28 | Damen (Brown Line) | 84 |
28 | Division | 84 |
33 | Rockwell | 83.4 |
34 | Paulina | 83.2 |
34 | Wellington | 83.2 |
34 | Sedgwick | 83.2 |
37 | Montrose (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 83.1 |
37 | Chicago (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 83.1 |
39 | Diversey | 82.9 |
40 | Montrose (Brown Line) | 82.8 |
41 | Oak Park (Green Line - Lake Street) | 82.6 |
42 | Ridgeland | 82.5 |
43 | Logan Square | 82.1 |
44 | Sox-35th | 82 |
44 | Linden | 82 |
44 | State/Lake | 82 |
44 | Chicago (Red Line - North Side) | 82 |
44 | Racine | 82 |
49 | Francisco | 81.1 |
50 | Grand (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 81 |
50 | Sheridan | 81 |
50 | Cumberland | 81 |
53 | Belmont (Red Line - North Side) | 80.4 |
54 | Chicago (Brown Line) | 80.2 |
55 | Cermak-Chinatown | 80.1 |
56 | Morgan | 79.3 |
57 | Clark/Division | 79 |
57 | North/Clybourn | 79 |
57 | Cermak | 79 |
57 | Thorndale | 79 |
57 | Harold Washington Library | 79 |
62 | Dempster-Skokie | 78.4 |
62 | Addison (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 78.4 |
64 | Granville | 77.8 |
65 | Lawrence | 77.7 |
65 | O'Hare Airport | 77.7 |
67 | Western (Brown Line) | 77.5 |
68 | Bryn Mawr | 77.2 |
68 | Main | 77.2 |
68 | Washington/Wabash | 77.2 |
71 | Davis | 77.1 |
72 | Dempster | 77 |
73 | Oakton | 76.4 |
73 | 35-Bronzeville-IIT | 76.4 |
75 | Loyola | 75.2 |
75 | Argyle | 75.2 |
75 | Midway Airport | 75.2 |
78 | Halsted (Orange Line) | 74.5 |
79 | South Boulevard | 74.3 |
80 | Ashland (Green Line - Lake Street) | 74.2 |
81 | Berwyn | 73.9 |
82 | Roosevelt | 73.6 |
83 | Rosemont | 73.5 |
84 | 35th/Archer | 73.3 |
85 | Belmont (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 73.1 |
86 | Harlem (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 73 |
86 | Irving Park (Blue Line - O'Hare) | 73 |
88 | Austin (Blue Line - Forest Park) | 72.2 |
89 | Morse | 71.5 |
90 | Medical Center | 69.9 |
91 | Pulaski (Orange Line) | 69.8 |
92 | Jarvis | 69.7 |
93 | Western (Blue Line - Forest Park) | 69.3 |
94 | Wilson | 69.2 |
95 | Damen (Pink Line) | 68.8 |
95 | Kedzie (Brown Line) | 68.8 |
97 | 18th | 68.6 |
98 | Garfield (Green Line - South Elevated) | 68.3 |
99 | Kimball | 67.6 |
100 | Polk | 67.5 |
101 | Jefferson Park | 67.4 |
102 | Central (Purple Line - Evanston) | 67.2 |
102 | Forest Park | 67.2 |
104 | Harlem (Green Line - Lake Street) | 66.9 |
105 | Indiana | 66.3 |
106 | Austin (Green Line - Lake Street) | 65.9 |
107 | Garfield (Red Line - Dan Ryan) | 65.3 |
107 | Western (Orange Line) | 65.3 |
109 | East 63rd-Cottage Grove | 64.4 |
110 | 43rd | 63.7 |
111 | Harlem (Blue Line - Forest Park) | 63.4 |
111 | 51st | 63.4 |
111 | Kedzie (Orange Line) | 63.4 |
114 | Howard | 63.2 |
115 | 87th | 63.1 |
116 | 47th (Red Line - Dan Ryan) | 62.7 |
117 | 47th (Green Line - South Elevated) | 62 |
117 | California (Pink Line) | 62 |
119 | 54th/Cermak | 61.4 |
120 | 69th | 61.1 |
120 | Kedzie-Homan | 61.1 |
122 | Kedzie (Pink Line) | 61 |
122 | Kildare | 61 |
122 | 63rd | 61 |
125 | California (Green Line - Lake Street) | 60.1 |
125 | Ashland (Orange Line) | 60.1 |
127 | 79th | 60 |
128 | Central Park | 58.6 |
129 | 95/Dan Ryan | 58.2 |
130 | Kedzie (Green Line - Lake Street) | 57.9 |
130 | Ashland/63rd | 57.9 |
132 | Cicero (Green Line - Lake Street) | 57.7 |
133 | Western (Pink Line) | 57.4 |
134 | Kostner | 56.9 |
135 | Laramie | 56.2 |
136 | Halsted (Green Line - Ashland/63rd Branch) | 55.1 |
137 | Cicero (Blue Line - Forest Park) | 54.5 |
138 | Pulaski (Green Line - Lake Street) | 54.4 |
139 | Central (Green Line - Lake Street) | 53.1 |
140 | Pulaski (Pink Line) | 52.6 |
141 | Cicero (Pink Line) | 51.5 |
142 | Conservatory | 50.3 |
143 | King Drive | 49.8 |
144 | Pulaski (Blue Line - Forest Park) | 42.7 |