The CTA November Ridership Report is out! Year-to-date ridership growth rate held steady: Rail: +8.4% Bus: +12.8% Slightly down from the October report but still very positive!

Top 5 Chicago community areas by percentage of commuters that take transit to work: 1. Lakeview (51.2%) 2. Uptown (44.9%) 3. Lincoln Park (44.0%) 4. Edgewater (42.0%) 5. Washington Park (38.6%)

Saturday CTA bus ridership this October was up 18.1% from Oct 2023 and is now up to 89% of pre-pandemic (Oct 2019) levels. One more year of growth like this and we will surpass pre-pandemic ridership!

Just spent $2.50 on a 22 minute ride from 🟧Midway🟧 to the Loop. I looked and an uber would have been $45 and taken 40 minutes.

Downtown activity on the weekends continues to soar. This is reflected by an increase in ⬛Loop⬛ station entries (Oct 2024 compared with Oct 2023): Avg Saturday: +16.1% Avg Sunday: +21.2%

With 2 months left to count, here are the top 4 busiest bus routes of 2024: 1. 66 (Chicago) - 4,635,423 (+12.0%) 2. 9 (Ashland) - 4,438,777 (+24.1%) 3. 8 (Halsted) - 4,264,320 (+22.0%) 4. 79 (79th) - 4,208,255 (+18.2%)

With 2 months left to count, here are the top 3 busiest L stations of 2024: 1. Lake (Red) - 2,857,684 (+10.5%) 2. O'Hare (Blue) - 2,627,085 (+13.3%) 3. Clark/Lake (Loop) - 2,332,950 (+10.9%)

The Forest Park Branch of the 🟦Blue Line🟦 has seen huge growth in ridership following improvements to rail segments. Oct 2024 growth from Oct 2023: Weekdays: +24.4% Saturdays: +30.0% Sundays: +44.2%

The CTA October Ridership Report is out! Year-to-date ridership growth rate held steady: Rail: +8.8% Bus: +13.4% Unchanged from the September report.

The CTA says bus schedules will return to prepandemic levels during the last full week of 2024, marking the fulfillment of the agency’s plan to restore service by the end of the year.

More and more baseball fans are finding the most convenient way to see their team! Change in daily station entries through the first 9 months of 2024 (compared to same period in 2023): 🟥Sox/35th🟥: +11% 🟥Addison🟥: +8.2%

Systemwide weekend Metra ridership is actually ABOVE pre-pandemic levels! Daily average November 2024 change from November 2019: Saturday: -1% Sunday: +11%

SUBURBAN SUNDAY Total October Pace Bus Ridership was up 13.5% in Oct 2024 compared to Oct 2023

Over 70 CTA Bus Lines have seen double digit ridership growth so far in 2024! 3 bus lines have seen growth of over 40%: 31 - 31st Street: +40.3% 37 - Sedgwick: +42.5% 85A - North Central: +46.6%

🟦Clinton Blue Line🟦 has seen the largest year-to-date surge in daily entries of any station in the system, up 31% in 2024.

Where I get most of my data from: CTA: www.transitchicago.com/ridership/ Metra: metra.com/ridership-re... Pace: rtams.org/ridership/pa...

METRA MONDAY Metra provided 3.4 million rides in October - the most in any month since the pandemic.

More people are discovering the best way to travel into and out of the city! CTA boardings at the airports are up sharply in 2024: 🟦O'Hare +13.9%🟦 🟧Midway +5.4% 🟧

Systemwide Metra ridership was up 10.2% in October 2024 compared to October 2023. 10 out of 11 lines have seen an increase in ridership over that period.

7 out of the 8 CTA rail lines have seen an increase in ridership during the first 9 months of 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023. The Ashland/63rd Branch of the 🟩Green Line🟩 has seen a 19.4% increase, the largest growth of any branch on the system.

Happy Thanksgiving! Reminder that the CTA Holiday Train is in service starting tomorrow! The Holiday Bus is already in service! Full Schedules and links to trackers here: www.transitchicago.com/holidayfleet/

CTA bus ridership is projected to be slightly higher in 2024 than if it had stayed on its pre-pandemic (2012-2019) linear trajectory. This suggests bus ridership is truly on a better trajectory now than it was in the 2010s, even with the pandemic.

CTA ridership is up 11.5% in the first 9 months of 2024 as compared to the first 9 months of 2023. Bus Boardings +13.4% Rail Boardings +8.8%