West Cook News

Central (Purple Line - Evanston) station ridership decreased by 63.1 percent during February 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 an 89.8 percent drop.

Train transit experienced a 77.4 percent decline in ridership overall during the month. Bus ridership across the city during the same month saw a decrease of 64.2 percent year over year. The bus route that saw the largest decrease was the Stockton/LaSalle Express with a decrease of 94.9 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	89.8
1	Quincy/Wells	89.8
3	Merchandise Mart	89.2
4	Monroe (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	88.6
5	Jackson (Red Line - State Street Subway)	88.1
6	Washington/Wells	87.2
7	Monroe (Red Line - State Street Subway)	87.1
7	Clark/Lake	87.1
9	Clinton (Blue Line - Forest Park)	86.7
10	Montrose (Blue Line - O'Hare)	86.2
11	Oak Park (Blue Line - Forest Park)	86
12	Jackson (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	85.4
13	Fullerton	85.3
13	LaSalle/Van Buren	85.3
15	Addison (Brown Line)	84.9
16	Racine	84.7
17	Washington	84.6
18	Adams/Wabash	84.4
19	Irving Park (Brown Line)	83.8
20	California (Blue Line - O'Hare)	83.7
21	Southport	83.5
22	Clinton (Green Line - Lake Street)	83.2
23	Harrison	83
23	Western (Blue Line - O'Hare)	83
23	Damen (Blue Line - O'Hare)	83
23	LaSalle	83
23	Lake	83
28	Rockwell	82.4
29	Grand (Red Line - North Side)	82
29	Armitage	82
29	State/Lake	82
29	Diversey	82
33	Damen (Brown Line)	81.3
34	Ridgeland	81
34	Oak Park (Green Line - Lake Street)	81
34	Harold Washington Library	81
34	Logan Square	81
34	Foster	81
34	Sedgwick	81
40	Montrose (Brown Line)	80.4
41	Cumberland	80.3
42	Morgan	80.2
43	Addison (Blue Line - O'Hare)	80
43	Addison (Red Line - North Side)	80
43	Paulina	80
43	Wellington	80
43	Halsted (Orange Line)	80
48	Cermak	79.4
49	Chicago (Blue Line - O'Hare)	79.2
49	Chicago (Brown Line)	79.2
51	Oakton	79.1
52	Francisco	78.9
53	Dempster-Skokie	78.8
53	Division	78.8
55	Linden	78.7
56	Sheridan	78.4
57	Belmont (Red Line - North Side)	78.1
57	Sox-35th	78.1
59	Grand (Blue Line - O'Hare)	77.8
60	Loyola	77.5
61	Berwyn	77.4
61	Chicago (Red Line - North Side)	77.4
63	Cermak-Chinatown	77.3
64	Davis	77.1
65	Lawrence	76.8
65	Noyes	76.8
67	35th/Archer	76.5
68	Western (Brown Line)	76.4
69	Austin (Blue Line - Forest Park)	76.1
70	Main	75.8
71	Pulaski (Orange Line)	75.6
71	Washington/Wabash	75.6
73	North/Clybourn	75.5
74	South Boulevard	75.4
75	Harlem (Blue Line - O'Hare)	75.1
76	Dempster	75
76	Midway Airport	75
76	Clark/Division	75
76	35-Bronzeville-IIT	75
76	Western (Blue Line - Forest Park)	75
81	Kedzie (Green Line - Lake Street)	73.9
82	Irving Park (Blue Line - O'Hare)	73
82	Ashland (Green Line - Lake Street)	73
84	Medical Center	72.4
85	Roosevelt	72.3
85	Belmont (Blue Line - O'Hare)	72.3
87	Rosemont	72.1
88	Argyle	71.3
88	O'Hare Airport	71.3
90	Morse	70.9
91	Western (Orange Line)	70.4
92	Indiana	70.2
93	Jefferson Park	70
93	Wilson	70
93	Forest Park	70
96	Kedzie (Brown Line)	69.4
97	Kedzie (Orange Line)	68.9
98	Jarvis	68.8
99	43rd	68.5
100	Bryn Mawr	68.4
101	Kimball	68.2
102	Thorndale	67.9
103	63rd	67.6
103	Harlem (Green Line - Lake Street)	67.6
103	Austin (Green Line - Lake Street)	67.6
106	Garfield (Green Line - South Elevated)	67.4
107	Garfield (Red Line - Dan Ryan)	66.9
108	Granville	66.1
109	87th	65.8
110	47th (Red Line - Dan Ryan)	65.6
111	Damen (Pink Line)	65.5
112	51st	65.4
113	18th	65.3
114	Ashland (Orange Line)	64.9
115	47th (Green Line - South Elevated)	64.5
115	East 63rd-Cottage Grove	64.5
117	Halsted (Green Line - Ashland/63rd Branch)	64.2
118	95/Dan Ryan	64
118	Harlem (Blue Line - Forest Park)	64
118	Polk	64
118	Howard	64
118	Central Park	64
123	69th	63.2
124	Central (Purple Line - Evanston)	63.1
124	Laramie	63.1
126	Kedzie-Homan	62.7
127	California (Green Line - Lake Street)	61.6
128	79th	61.3
129	Central (Green Line - Lake Street)	60.7
130	Cicero (Green Line - Lake Street)	60.6
131	Cicero (Blue Line - Forest Park)	60
131	54th/Cermak	60
131	Kildare	60
134	Kostner	59.3
134	Ashland/63rd	59.3
136	Kedzie (Pink Line)	58.9
137	California (Pink Line)	58
138	Pulaski (Pink Line)	57.3
139	King Drive	57.1
140	Pulaski (Blue Line - Forest Park)	55.7
141	Western (Pink Line)	55.6
142	Conservatory	55.3
143	Pulaski (Green Line - Lake Street)	54.8
144	Cicero (Pink Line)	54.3