North Cook News

79th station ridership decreased by 72.5 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 station that saw the largest decrease in ridership was Merchandise Mart station with 97.6 percent drop.

Train transit experienced an 88.4 percent decline in ridership overall during the month. Bus ridership across the city during the same month saw a decrease of 67.9 percent year over year. The bus route that saw the largest decrease was the Stockton/LaSalle Express with a decrease of 98.7 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	Station	Ridership decline year over year (%)
1	Merchandise Mart	97.6
2	Southport	95.7
2	Quincy/Wells	95.7
4	Monroe (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	95.4
5	Grand (Red Line - North Side)	95.2
6	Addison (Red Line - North Side)	95.1
6	Armitage	95.1
8	Monroe (Red Line - State Street Subway)	94.7
9	Washington	94.6
10	Fullerton	94.5
10	Harrison	94.5
12	Clark/Lake	94.4
13	Damen (Blue Line - O'Hare)	94.3
14	Addison (Brown Line)	94
14	Noyes	94
14	Irving Park (Brown Line)	94
14	Washington/Wells	94
14	Division	94
14	California (Blue Line - O'Hare)	94
20	Jackson (Red Line - State Street Subway)	93.3
20	Western (Blue Line - O'Hare)	93.3
20	Chicago (Blue Line - O'Hare)	93.3
20	Damen (Brown Line)	93.3
24	LaSalle/Van Buren	93.1
25	Lake	93
25	Grand (Blue Line - O'Hare)	93
25	Rockwell	93
25	Diversey	93
25	Morgan	93
25	Logan Square	93
25	Racine	93
32	Paulina	92.4
33	LaSalle	92.3
33	UIC-Halsted	92.3
35	Oak Park (Green Line - Lake Street)	92.1
35	Clinton (Green Line - Lake Street)	92.1
35	Francisco	92.1
35	State/Lake	92.1
39	Chicago (Red Line - North Side)	91.9
40	Belmont (Red Line - North Side)	91.7
40	Wellington	91.7
40	Adams/Wabash	91.7
43	Clinton (Blue Line - Forest Park)	91.5
43	Sedgwick	91.5
45	Montrose (Brown Line)	91.4
46	Sheridan	91.3
46	Oak Park (Blue Line - Forest Park)	91.3
48	Jackson (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	91
48	Cermak-Chinatown	91
48	North/Clybourn	91
48	Chicago (Brown Line)	91
48	Foster	91
48	Washington/Wabash	91
48	Ridgeland	91
55	Montrose (Blue Line - O'Hare)	90.2
56	Clark/Division	90.1
57	Linden	89.5
58	Western (Brown Line)	89.4
59	Harold Washington Library	89.1
60	35th/Archer	88.7
61	Sox-35th	88.6
61	Cumberland	88.6
63	Pulaski (Orange Line)	88.3
64	Lawrence	88.1
64	Halsted (Orange Line)	88.1
66	Midway Airport	88
66	Dempster-Skokie	88
68	Thorndale	87.2
69	Bryn Mawr	87.1
69	Davis	87.1
71	Irving Park (Blue Line - O'Hare)	87
71	18th	87
71	Addison (Blue Line - O'Hare)	87
71	Harlem (Blue Line - O'Hare)	87
71	Belmont (Blue Line - O'Hare)	87
71	Cermak	87
71	O'Hare Airport	87
78	Granville	86.4
79	Main	86.2
79	Kedzie (Brown Line)	86.2
81	Loyola	86
82	Dempster	85.4
83	Argyle	85.2
83	Kimball	85.2
85	Polk	85
85	Damen (Pink Line)	85
85	Roosevelt	85
88	Oakton	84.4
89	Berwyn	84.3
89	Ashland (Green Line - Lake Street)	84.3
89	35-Bronzeville-IIT	84.3
92	Rosemont	84.2
93	Kedzie (Orange Line)	84.1
94	Austin (Blue Line - Forest Park)	83.6
95	Morse	83.4
96	Western (Orange Line)	83.2
97	South Boulevard	83.1
98	Western (Blue Line - Forest Park)	82.6
99	Medical Center	82.1
100	Wilson	81.5
100	Jefferson Park	81.5
102	Jarvis	81.2
103	California (Pink Line)	80.4
104	Ashland (Orange Line)	80.1
105	Kedzie (Pink Line)	80
106	54th/Cermak	79.3
107	Indiana	79
107	Austin (Green Line - Lake Street)	79
109	Harlem (Green Line - Lake Street)	77.8
110	Western (Pink Line)	77.6
111	Garfield (Green Line - South Elevated)	77.4
112	California (Green Line - Lake Street)	77.3
113	Kildare	77
113	Central (Purple Line - Evanston)	77
113	43rd	77
113	Forest Park	77
117	Garfield (Red Line - Dan Ryan)	76.4
118	87th	76.3
119	Central Park	75.8
119	51st	75.8
121	47th (Green Line - South Elevated)	75.7
121	East 63rd-Cottage Grove	75.7
123	Harlem (Blue Line - Forest Park)	75.6
124	47th (Red Line - Dan Ryan)	75.2
125	Howard	74.9
126	Kedzie (Green Line - Lake Street)	74.3
127	Kostner	73.9
128	Laramie	73.8
129	69th	73.5
130	Halsted (Green Line - Ashland/63rd Branch)	72.8
131	Pulaski (Pink Line)	72.6
132	79th	72.5
133	Cicero (Pink Line)	72.2
134	Ashland/63rd	72.1
135	63rd	71.7
136	Kedzie-Homan	71.6
137	95/Dan Ryan	71.2
137	Central (Green Line - Lake Street)	71.2
139	Pulaski (Green Line - Lake Street)	70.7
140	Cicero (Green Line - Lake Street)	69.5
141	King Drive	69.1
142	Cicero (Blue Line - Forest Park)	68.8
143	Conservatory	64.3
144	Pulaski (Blue Line - Forest Park)	62.4