West Cook News

California ridership decreased by 49.5 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 route that saw the largest decrease in ridership was Stockton/LaSalle Express with a 94.9 percent drop.

Bus transit experienced a 64.2 percent decline in ridership overall during the month. Train ridership across the city during the same month saw a decrease of 77.4 percent year over year. The train station that saw the largest decrease was the UIC-Halsted station with a decrease of 89.8 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	Route	Ridership decline year over year (%)
1	Stockton/LaSalle Express	94.9
2	Ogilvie/Streeterville Express	93.2
3	Union/Streeterville Express	92.7
4	Clarendon/LaSalle Express	92.4
5	Water Tower Express	92.1
6	LaSalle	89.8
7	Sedgwick	89.5
8	Evanston Circulator	89.3
9	Bronzeville/Union Station	88.3
10	Hyde Park Express	86.9
11	Sheridan/LaSalle Express	86.5
12	Stockton/Michigan Express	85.9
13	Navy Pier	84.6
14	U. of Chicago/Kenwood	83.4
15	Streeterville/Taylor	81.4
16	Clarendon/Michigan Express	81.1
17	Narragansett/Ridgeland	80
18	Harrison	79.2
19	31st	77.8
20	Central/Ridge	76.4
21	U. of Chicago/Hyde Park	76
22	U. of Chicago Hospitals Express	74.5
23	55th/Austin	74.2
24	55th/Narragansett	74.1
24	Grand	74.1
26	Wentworth	73.8
27	Halsted	72.7
28	Kedzie	72.4
29	Blue Island/26th	72.2
30	Western Express	71.9
31	State	71.8
32	Jackson	71.6
33	Addison	71.4
34	South Dam en	71.1
35	Vincennes/111th	70
35	Northwest Highway	70
37	Armitage	68.6
37	Halsted/95th	68.6
39	Montrose	68.4
40	Inner Drive/Michigan Express	68.3
41	Jeffery Jump	68.2
42	31st/35th	68
42	South Pulaski	68
42	Jackson Park Express	68
42	Archer	68
46	Laramie	67.3
47	Pullman/115th	66.8
48	Damen	66.7
49	Pershing	66.5
50	Sheridan	66.2
51	Milwaukee	66.1
52	Ashland Express	65.6
52	Madison	65.6
54	King Drive	65.4
55	Chicago	65.3
56	West 103rd	65.2
57	Wallace-Racine	65.1
58	South Shore Express	64.9
59	South Chicago	64.7
59	North Cicero/Skokie Blvd.	64.7
61	South Shore Night Bus	64.6
61	16th/18th	64.6
63	Outer Drive Express	64.1
64	Belmont	64
64	Stony Island	64
64	Archer/Harlem	64
67	Garfield	63.3
67	Diversey	63.3
67	Kimball-Homan	63.3
70	North Central	63.2
71	Division	62.9
71	Peterson	62.9
71	Jeffery Manor Express	62.9
74	Fullerton	62.8
75	Cermak	62.6
75	111th/King Drive	62.6
77	59th/61st	62.4
78	South Kedzie	62
78	Clark	62
78	East 103rd	62
78	Lincoln	62
78	South Michigan	62
78	63rd	62
78	87th	62
85	California/Dodge	61.1
86	North	60.9
87	Roosevelt	60.8
87	Michigan/119th	60.8
89	51st	60.5
89	67th-69th-71st	60.5
91	South Halsted	60.4
92	Lunt	60.2
93	West 63rd	60.1
94	Jeffery Local	60
94	Western	60
94	43rd	60
94	Irving Park	60
98	74th-75th	59.3
99	North Western	59
99	Austin	59
99	Cottage Grove	59
102	Devon	58.4
103	95th	58.1
104	Pulaski	58
104	Foster	58
106	Broadway	57.1
107	Skokie	57
108	79th	56.4
109	Higgins	56.2
110	Cicero	56.1
111	South Cicero	55.7
111	West Lawrence	55.7
113	Ashland	55.3
113	Central	55.3
115	47th	55
116	71st/South Shore	53.9
117	Lawrence	53.2
118	Harlem	50.9
119	California	49.5
120	Pullman Shuttle	45.7
121	West 65th	39.6
122	69th-UPS Express	7.5