West Cook News

Belmont (Blue Line - O'Hare) station ridership decreased by 73.1 percent during July 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 90.6 percent drop.

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