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63rd ridership decreases by 2.2% during May compared to previous year

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63rd ridership decreased by 2.2 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 484.6 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 the year. This isn't a return to normal ridership levels, but CTA's president Dorval R. Cart Jr. said weekday ridership has doubled since the initial shutdown.

Bus Routes with Largest Increases in Ridership
RankRouteRidership increase from 2020 to 2021 (%)
1Stockton/LaSalle Express484.6
2U. of Chicago/Hyde Park469
3Navy Pier413.9
4Clarendon/LaSalle Express301.1
555th/Austin273.1
6U. of Chicago Hospitals Express259.7
7Stockton/Michigan Express226
8Streeterville/Taylor208.5
9U. of Chicago/Kenwood207.2
10Inner Drive/Michigan Express204.1
11Clarendon/Michigan Express197.8
12Ogilvie/Streeterville Express187
13Bronzeville/Union Station174
14Addison164.5
1531st162
16Damen153.5
1755th/Narragansett138.9
18Lunt134.4
19Central/Ridge132.5
20North Cicero/Skokie Blvd.130.2
21Hyde Park Express127.9
22Narragansett/Ridgeland127
23Harlem124.2
24Sheridan/LaSalle Express123.4
25Lincoln122.6
26Higgins121.6
27Sheridan114.9
28Irving Park110.3
29Peterson109.1
30South Damen107.8
31Armitage106.2
32Diversey104.7
33Evanston Circulator103.9
34Outer Drive Express101.4
35West Lawrence97
36LaSalle96
37Grand94.3
38Belmont92.1
39Northwest Highway90.7
40Clark89.5
40South Pulaski89.5
42Blue Island/26th88.7
42California88.7
44Water Tower Express88.5
45Fullerton87.3
46Foster85.2
47Sedgwick82
48Archer/Harlem80.6
49California/Dodge76.8
50North Western70.2
51South Shore Express69
51Skokie69
53Lawrence67.6
54Archer67.5
55Montrose66.5
56North Central65.2
5716th/18th63.6
58Broadway62.7
59Avon Express62.2
6051st61.3
6131st/35th56
62Jackson Park Express55.4
63West 65th50
64Devon48.4
65Milwaukee46.5
66Jeffery Manor Express46.1
67South Kedzie46
68Austin44.3
69West 63rd41.9
70Division36.4
71Kimball-Homan36.1
72Cermak35.6
73Halsted33.8
74Pershing32.7
75North32.4
76Jeffery Jump32.3
77Chicago31.7
78Garfield29.7
79King Drive26.7
80Ashland Express25.3
81Roosevelt22.9
82Harrison22
8259th/61st22
8243rd22
8547th21.4
85Western21.4
87Western Express21
87West 103rd21
89Wentworth19.5
90Central18.3
91Vincennes/111th15.4
92South Cicero13.4
93Ashland12.4
94Halsted/95th10.2
95South Halsted8.5
96Stony Island6.9
97Cottage Grove6.4
98Pulaski4.2
9995th3.4
100Jeffery Local2.6
10187th1.7
102South Chicago1.3
103Wallace-Racine0.7

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