West Cook News

Wentworth ridership increased by 38.5 percent during April 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 Stockton/LaSalle Express route saw the largest increase in ridership with a 292.3 percent rise.

Bus and train 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.

Rank	Route	Ridership increase from 2021 to 2022 (%)
1	Stockton/LaSalle Express	292.3
2	Evanston Circulator	261.8
3	U. of Chicago/Kenwood	256
4	Clarendon/LaSalle Express	243.9
5	Ogilvie/Streeterville Express	207.2
6	U. of Chicago/Hyde Park	205.9
7	Navy Pier	176.4
8	Water Tower Express	174.5
9	Bronzeville/Union Station	174
10	Union/Streeterville Express	146.8
11	Sheridan/LaSalle Express	132.5
12	Stockton/Michigan Express	130.8
13	LaSalle	126.5
14	Clarendon/Michigan Express	113.7
15	Streeterville/Taylor	113.6
16	West 65th	112.7
17	55th/Narragansett	87.6
18	Central/Ridge	86.1
19	Harrison	85.1
20	Sedgwick	85
21	31st	83.3
22	U. of Chicago Hospitals Express	81.2
23	Hyde Park Express	77.4
24	Narragansett/Ridgeland	76.1
25	Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Expr	75
26	Northwest Highway	68.5
27	South Damen	61.6
28	Archer/Harlem	60.4
29	Blue Island/26th	60
30	Sheridan	59.1
31	Western Express	56.5
32	Addison	56.4
33	Outer DuSable Lake Shore Expr	55.3
34	Damen	54.2
35	Montrose	53.7
36	California/Dodge	52.2
37	Vincennes/111th	51
38	West 63rd	48.6
39	Clark	47.7
40	South Shore Express	46.5
41	51st	45.1
42	Peterson	43.8
43	Higgins	43.2
44	Halsted/95th	42.6
45	Archer	42.4
46	Pershing	40.2
47	Wentworth	38.5
47	Broadway	38.5
47	Wallace-Racine	38.5
47	South Pulaski	38.5
51	State	38.3
52	Lincoln	38.2
53	Milwaukee	37.6
54	Devon	37.2
55	Chicago	37
56	Halsted	36.2
57	Foster	35.1
58	East 103rd	34.1
59	Ashland Express	33.8
59	31st/35th	33.8
61	North Western	33.7
62	Belmont	33.6
63	Laramie	33.2
64	Jackson Park Express	31.9
64	Jeffery Local	31.9
64	Grand	31.9
67	55th/Austin	30.7
68	Jackson	30.2
69	Pullman/115th	29.8
70	Diversey	29.7
71	Kimball-Homan	29.6
72	16th/18th	28.7
73	59th/61st	28.4
74	Armitage	27.8
75	Central	27.6
76	North Cicero/Skokie Blvd.	27.3
77	West Lawrence	26.9
78	California	26.8
79	Jeffery Manor Express	26.3
80	Fullerton	25.8
81	Irving Park	25.3
82	North Central	25.1
83	Kedzie	24.7
84	South Kedzie	24.6
85	King Drive	23.9
86	Division	21.9
87	111th/King Drive	21.6
88	Harlem	20.7
89	Lawrence	20.4
90	South Chicago	20.3
91	Austin	20.1
92	Cermak	19.6
93	Pulaski	19.4
94	West 103rd	19.1
95	South Halsted	18.8
96	South Shore Night Bus	18.6
96	Roosevelt	18.6
98	Jeffery Jump	17.8
99	Skokie	17.3
100	Western	17.1
101	Madison	16.9
102	North	16.8
103	South Michigan	13.4
103	Lunt	13.4
105	Garfield	13.3
106	South Cicero	12.8
107	Ashland	12.1
108	47th	10.6
109	95th	9.3
110	79th	9.2
111	Stony Island	8.9
112	74th-75th	8.3
113	87th	8
113	Cicero	8
115	63rd	6.5
116	69th-UPS Express	4.7
117	71st/South Shore	3.2
118	43rd	2.9
119	67th-69th-71st	2.1
120	Cottage Grove	1.1
121	Michigan/119th	0.2