West Cook News

South Cicero ridership increased by 14.8 percent during May 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 269.9 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	269.9
2	Evanston Circulator	265.7
3	U. of Chicago/Kenwood	246.2
4	U. of Chicago/Hyde Park	207.2
5	Clarendon/LaSalle Express	200.5
6	Bronzeville/Union Station	176.8
7	Water Tower Express	163.7
8	Sheridan/LaSalle Express	163
9	Ogilvie/Streeterville Express	150.8
10	Sedgwick	139.6
11	Union/Streeterville Express	137.7
12	LaSalle	136.6
13	West 65th	128.8
14	Clarendon/Michigan Express	117.4
15	55th/Narragansett	112.6
16	Narragansett/Ridgeland	109.4
17	Hyde Park Express	102.6
18	U. of Chicago Hospitals Express	91.2
19	South Damen	91.1
20	Stockton/Michigan Express	87.8
21	Northwest Highway	84
22	Central/Ridge	79.3
23	Streeterville/Taylor	79.1
24	Wentworth	78.4
25	Archer/Harlem	76
26	69th-UPS Express	74.8
27	Western Express	72.8
28	Navy Pier	69.3
29	Addison	67.9
30	Harrison	67.6
31	California/Dodge	66.5
32	West 63rd	64.4
33	Pershing	64.2
34	Wallace-Racine	63.6
35	Montrose	60.2
36	East 103rd	57.9
37	Inner Lake Shore/Michigan Expr	57.8
38	Vincennes/111th	57
39	31st	54.4
40	Lincoln	54.3
41	Peterson	53.4
42	North Central	51.7
43	Laramie	51.1
44	Jackson	51
44	United Center Express	51
44	Halsted/95th	51
44	51st	51
48	Damen	50.3
49	Blue Island/26th	49.2
50	Higgins	47.9
50	Pullman/115th	47.9
52	Ashland Express	46.9
53	Sheridan	46.6
54	Foster	46.4
55	South Pulaski	45.8
56	Outer DuSable Lake Shore Expr	45.7
57	31st/35th	45.2
58	Jeffery Local	45
58	59th/61st	45
60	North Cicero/Skokie Blvd.	41.4
61	South Kedzie	41.1
62	Archer	40.5
63	Central	37.8
63	Devon	37.8
65	Kimball-Homan	37.4
66	Clark	37
66	South Chicago	37
68	South Shore Express	36.2
69	North Western	35.8
70	Belmont	35.5
71	California	33.9
72	Broadway	33.5
73	Jeffery Manor Express	33.1
74	Milwaukee	31.1
75	16th/18th	30.6
75	Chicago	30.6
75	111th/King Drive	30.6
78	West Lawrence	30.4
79	Diversey	30.1
80	Irving Park	30
80	Austin	30
82	Kedzie	29.4
83	Roosevelt	28.7
84	Pulaski	28.3
85	Cermak	27.7
86	South Michigan	26.9
87	Fullerton	26.2
88	King Drive	25.9
88	South Halsted	25.9
88	Western	25.9
91	Armitage	25.7
92	North	25.5
93	Halsted	25.2
94	Madison	24.8
95	Division	24.6
96	Harlem	24
96	74th-75th	24
98	Lunt	23.4
99	Lawrence	23.1
100	Grand	22.4
101	87th	22.2
102	Jackson Park Express	22
103	State	21.1
104	Jeffery Jump	20.5
105	Skokie	20
105	West 103rd	20
105	47th	20
108	Ashland	18.4
108	Cicero	18.4
110	79th	18.2
111	67th-69th-71st	17.9
112	55th/Austin	17.7
113	63rd	17.2
114	Garfield	16.1
115	Stony Island	15.1
116	South Cicero	14.8
117	95th	13.8
118	South Shore Night Bus	13.3
119	71st/South Shore	12.5
120	Michigan/119th	11.4
121	Cottage Grove	10.4
122	43rd	9.3
123	Pullman Shuttle	4.7