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Rockwell ridership increases by 152.4% during October 2021 compared to previous year

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Rockwell station ridership increased by 152.4 percent during October 2021 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).

UIC-Halsted station saw the largest increase in ridership with a 342.7 percent rise.

Rail and bus traffic took a serious hit during the pandemic. The Metra, which provides service to many of Chicago's suburbs, saw a 97% 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.

However, the CTA claimed ridership had rebounded 56 percent in the first six months of 2021. CTA's president Dorval R. Cart Jr. said weekday ridership has doubled since the initial shutdown.

Train Stations with Largest Increases in Ridership
RankStationRidership increase from 2020 to 2021 (%)
1UIC-Halsted342.7
2Fullerton268.9
3Racine249.8
4Harrison223.6
5Noyes209.2
6Addison (Red Line - North Side)205.4
7Foster205.1
8Jackson (Red Line - State Street Subway)200.4
9Cermak199.9
10Merchandise Mart195
11Quincy/Wells191.3
12Armitage190.8
13Southport182
14LaSalle178.2
15Grand (Red Line - North Side)177.8
16Harold Washington Library175.7
17Morgan172
18Argyle165.1
19Sedgwick164.6
20Adams/Wabash164.3
21Cermak-Chinatown164
22Monroe (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)157
23Rockwell152.4
24Damen (Brown Line)152.2
25Division152
26Addison (Brown Line)151.4
27Damen (Blue Line - O'Hare)146.8
28Jackson (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)143.7
29Clark/Division142.3
30Washington142.1
31California (Blue Line - O'Hare)141.6
32Monroe (Red Line - State Street Subway)140.1
33Belmont (Red Line - North Side)139.7
34Diversey139
35Wellington138.4
36State/Lake135.6
37Western (Blue Line - O'Hare)134.2
38Irving Park (Brown Line)133.5
39Francisco133
40Loyola131.6
41O'Hare Airport130.4
42Sox-35th130.1
43Washington/Wells129.3
44Clinton (Blue Line - Forest Park)128.1
45Lake125
46Montrose (Blue Line - O'Hare)123.9
4735-Bronzeville-IIT122.1
48Grand (Blue Line - O'Hare)121.6
49Clinton (Green Line - Lake Street)121
49Clark/Lake121
49Paulina121
52Chicago (Blue Line - O'Hare)114.8
53LaSalle/Van Buren114
54Chicago (Red Line - North Side)112.7
55Montrose (Brown Line)111.6
56Oak Park (Green Line - Lake Street)110.3
57Sheridan109.6
58Addison (Blue Line - O'Hare)107.8
59Logan Square106.8
60Wilson105.3
61Granville102.1
62Halsted (Orange Line)101.7
63Midway Airport99.3
64Damen (Pink Line)98.8
64Washington/Wabash98.8
66Chicago (Brown Line)98.1
67Oak Park (Blue Line - Forest Park)97
68North/Clybourn94.3
69Roosevelt91.4
70Ridgeland91.3
71Pulaski (Orange Line)90.3
7218th88.9
73Kedzie (Brown Line)88
7435th/Archer87.2
75Cumberland82.5
76Main81.4
76Oakton81.4
78Dempster81.3
79Thorndale80.8
80Harlem (Blue Line - O'Hare)79.9
81Davis75.7
82Belmont (Blue Line - O'Hare)74.9
83Kimball74.3
84Medical Center73.8
85Linden73.7
86Bryn Mawr72.8
87Ashland (Green Line - Lake Street)71.5
88Kedzie (Orange Line)68.2
89Western (Blue Line - Forest Park)66.6
90Dempster-Skokie64.6
90Western (Brown Line)64.6
92Polk63.2
93Rosemont60.4
94Central (Purple Line - Evanston)59.6
95Jarvis59
96Morse57.8
97Irving Park (Blue Line - O'Hare)57.2
98South Boulevard52.6
99California (Pink Line)50.3
100Western (Orange Line)49
101Jefferson Park47.4
10254th/Cermak46
103Garfield (Green Line - South Elevated)45.3
104Ashland (Orange Line)44.7
105Western (Pink Line)40.4
106East 63rd-Cottage Grove38.5
107Central Park36
107Austin (Green Line - Lake Street)36
109Kedzie (Pink Line)35.3
110Kedzie (Green Line - Lake Street)35.1
111Indiana33.5
112Howard32.3
113Garfield (Red Line - Dan Ryan)32
113Austin (Blue Line - Forest Park)32
115Harlem (Green Line - Lake Street)31
11651st28.3
11747th (Green Line - South Elevated)27
118Halsted (Green Line - Ashland/63rd Branch)25.7
11947th (Red Line - Dan Ryan)25
12043rd24.4
121Kostner24.3
122California (Green Line - Lake Street)21.7
123Cicero (Pink Line)19.2
124Ashland/63rd16.1
125Forest Park16
125Pulaski (Pink Line)16
125Central (Green Line - Lake Street)16
12569th16
129Laramie15
130Conservatory14.4
131King Drive14
13287th12
13363rd11.3
134Cicero (Green Line - Lake Street)11
13579th8.1
136Cicero (Blue Line - Forest Park)5.9
13795/Dan Ryan5.8
137Pulaski (Green Line - Lake Street)5.8
139Harlem (Blue Line - Forest Park)5.5
140Kildare0.8

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