Chicago City Wire

Avon Express ridership increased by 55.1 percent during March 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 route that saw the largest decrease in ridership was Stockton/LaSalle Express with an 87 percent drop.

Bus transit experienced a 33.8 percent decline in ridership overall during the month. Train ridership across the city during the same month saw a decrease of 51.4 percent year over year. The train station that saw the largest decrease was the Quincy/Wells station with a decrease of 75.9 percent.

So far, the CTA has made no service cuts, even with the decrease in ridership. The Metra, which provides service to many of Chicago’s suburbs, has seen a 97 percent 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.

Rank	Route	Ridership decline year over year (%)
1	Stockton/LaSalle Express	87
2	Ogilvie/Streeterville Express	85.5
3	Union/Streeterville Express	83.5
4	Clarendon/LaSalle Express	81
5	Water Tower Express	78.1
6	LaSalle	75
7	Sedgwick	74.2
8	Bronzeville/Union Station	73.9
9	Evanston Circulator	73.1
10	Stockton/Michigan Express	69.9
11	U. of Chicago/Kenwood	69.7
12	Sheridan/LaSalle Express	67.6
13	Hyde Park Express	67.4
14	Navy Pier	62
15	Clarendon/Michigan Express	58.6
16	Streeterville/Taylor	56.3
17	Narragansett/Ridgeland	55.6
18	31st	55.4
19	U. of Chicago/Hyde Park	54.9
20	Harrison	52.9
21	Kedzie	52.4
22	Halsted/95th	49.1
23	Central/Ridge	49
24	South Shore Night Bus	48.3
25	Western Express	48.2
26	55th/Narragansett	47.8
27	South Dam en	47.4
28	55th/Austin	46.7
29	Jackson	45.4
30	Grand	45
30	Vincennes/111th	45
32	U. of Chicago Hospitals Express	44
32	Wentworth	44
32	East 103rd	44
35	Pullman/115th	43.3
36	State	42.9
37	Halsted	42.6
37	31st/35th	42.6
37	Laramie	42.6
40	Blue Island/26th	40.8
41	South Michigan	40.6
42	Jeffery Jump	40.2
43	West 103rd	39.3
44	Montrose	39.2
45	Addison	39.1
46	Wallace-Racine	38.9
46	Michigan/119th	38.9
48	South Shore Express	38.7
49	87th	38.1
50	Stony Island	38
50	63rd	38
50	Pershing	38
50	Northwest Highway	38
54	Ashland Express	37.1
55	Armitage	36.9
56	Archer	36.7
56	67th-69th-71st	36.7
58	South Chicago	36.4
59	16th/18th	36
60	Garfield	35.3
61	Madison	35.2
61	South Pulaski	35.2
61	111th/King Drive	35.2
64	Jeffery Local	35
64	59th/61st	35
64	Archer/Harlem	35
64	Jeffery Manor Express	35
64	Chicago	35
69	79th	34
69	Jackson Park Express	34
69	Division	34
72	North Cicero/Skokie Blvd.	33.4
73	Roosevelt	33.3
74	74th-75th	32.8
75	South Kedzie	32.3
76	Pulaski	31.9
77	Kimball-Homan	31.8
78	43rd	31.5
79	Damen	31.2
80	North Central	31
80	West 63rd	31
80	Peterson	31
80	Fullerton	31
80	Western	31
85	Milwaukee	30.4
85	Belmont	30.4
87	95th	30
87	King Drive	30
87	North	30
90	Cottage Grove	29.2
91	Cicero	29.1
92	South Halsted	28.9
93	Central	28.7
94	47th	28.5
95	71st/South Shore	28.4
96	51st	27.9
96	Sheridan	27.9
98	Austin	27.4
99	Cermak	27.1
100	Diversey	26.9
100	Lunt	26.9
102	Devon	26.8
103	California/Dodge	25.6
104	Inner Drive/Michigan Express	25.2
105	West 65th	25.1
106	Lincoln	24.9
106	North Western	24.9
106	Higgins	24.9
109	Ashland	24.8
110	South Cicero	23.9
111	Clark	23.6
112	Outer Drive Express	23.5
113	Irving Park	23.1
114	Foster	23
115	Lawrence	21.5
116	West Lawrence	20.3
117	Skokie	18.2
118	Broadway	16.9
119	Harlem	11.6
120	Pullman Shuttle	10.9
121	California	9.7