West Cook News

Kedzie (Brown Line) station ridership increased by 5.7% in December of 2022 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).

Cermak station saw the largest increase in ridership with a 38.6% 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.

While ridership hasn't returned to pre-pandemic levels, CTA's president Dorval R. Cart Jr. said weekday ridership has doubled since the initial shutdown and continues to increase.

Rank	Station	Ridership increase from 2021 to 2022 (%)
1	Cermak	38.6
2	Morgan	33.3
3	Quincy/Wells	27.6
4	LaSalle/Van Buren	27.4
5	Addison (Red Line - North Side)	26.5
6	Merchandise Mart	25.1
7	Washington/Wells	25
7	Adams/Wabash	25
9	Kildare	23.9
10	Montrose (Blue Line - O'Hare)	23.8
11	Ashland (Green Line - Lake Street)	23.3
12	Rockwell	23
12	Clinton (Blue Line - Forest Park)	23
14	Southport	22.3
15	Monroe (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	20.1
16	Clinton (Green Line - Lake Street)	19.7
17	Grand (Blue Line - O'Hare)	17.8
18	Jackson (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	17.7
19	Chicago (Blue Line - O'Hare)	17.3
20	Halsted (Orange Line)	16.9
21	Paulina	16.8
22	Logan Square	16.4
22	Chicago (Brown Line)	16.4
24	State/Lake	16.2
25	Western (Blue Line - O'Hare)	16
25	Irving Park (Brown Line)	16
25	Ridgeland	16
28	Montrose (Brown Line)	15.4
29	Cermak-Chinatown	15.2
30	Belmont (Blue Line - O'Hare)	14.6
31	Wellington	14.3
32	Armitage	13.9
33	Division	13.8
34	Harold Washington Library	13.5
35	LaSalle	13.4
36	43rd	13
36	California (Blue Line - O'Hare)	13
36	Francisco	13
36	Midway Airport	13
40	Addison (Brown Line)	12.2
41	Jarvis	11.9
42	Sedgwick	11.7
43	O'Hare Airport	11.6
44	Pulaski (Pink Line)	11.1
44	Western (Orange Line)	11.1
44	Ashland (Orange Line)	11.1
47	Thorndale	10.8
48	Argyle	10.2
48	Jackson (Red Line - State Street Subway)	10.2
48	Jefferson Park	10.2
51	Addison (Blue Line - O'Hare)	9.7
51	35th/Archer	9.7
53	Kostner	9.5
53	Kimball	9.5
53	Western (Brown Line)	9.5
56	Harrison	9.4
57	Damen (Blue Line - O'Hare)	9.3
57	Kedzie (Orange Line)	9.3
59	Roosevelt	8.8
59	Diversey	8.8
59	Clark/Lake	8.8
62	Oakton	8.2
62	Rosemont	8.2
64	Linden	8.1
65	North/Clybourn	7.8
65	California (Green Line - Lake Street)	7.8
67	Granville	7.6
68	Damen (Brown Line)	7.4
69	Wilson	7.3
70	Cumberland	7.1
70	Kedzie (Pink Line)	7.1
72	Howard	7
72	Monroe (Red Line - State Street Subway)	7
72	Western (Pink Line)	7
72	Sheridan	7
72	Pulaski (Orange Line)	7
72	Washington	7
72	Oak Park (Green Line - Lake Street)	7
72	Fullerton	7
72	Chicago (Red Line - North Side)	7
72	Belmont (Red Line - North Side)	7
82	18th	6.1
83	Morse	6
83	Central (Green Line - Lake Street)	6
83	54th/Cermak	6
83	Racine	6
83	Kedzie (Brown Line)	6
83	Lake	6
83	Laramie	6
83	Washington/Wabash	6
91	Austin (Blue Line - Forest Park)	5.4
92	47th (Green Line - South Elevated)	5.3
93	95/Dan Ryan	5.1
94	Dempster	4.9
94	South Boulevard	4.9
96	Irving Park (Blue Line - O'Hare)	4.7
97	Grand (Red Line - North Side)	4.5
98	Kedzie (Green Line - Lake Street)	4.2
99	Oak Park (Blue Line - Forest Park)	4.1
100	Cicero (Pink Line)	4
100	Central (Purple Line - Evanston)	4
100	Clark/Division	4
103	Kedzie-Homan	3.3
104	Harlem (Blue Line - O'Hare)	3.2
105	Loyola	2.9
105	UIC-Halsted	2.9
105	California (Pink Line)	2.9
108	Austin (Green Line - Lake Street)	2.4
109	Ashland/63rd	1.7
110	Bryn Mawr	1.6
111	Medical Center	1.3
112	Noyes	1.1