North Cook News

Damen (Pink Line) station ridership decreased by 68.5 percent during October 2020 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 UIC-Halsted station with an 89.6 percent drop.

Train transit experienced a 76.9 percent decline in ridership overall during the month. Bus ridership across the city during the same month saw a decrease of 59.2 percent year over year. The bus route that saw the largest decrease was the Stockton/LaSalle Express with a decrease of 95.2 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	UIC-Halsted	89.6
2	Quincy/Wells	89.5
3	Merchandise Mart	89.2
4	Monroe (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	88.3
5	Jackson (Red Line - State Street Subway)	87.7
6	Monroe (Red Line - State Street Subway)	87.1
7	Washington/Wells	86.1
8	Fullerton	85.4
9	LaSalle/Van Buren	85.3
10	Clark/Lake	85.2
11	Rockwell	84.8
11	Southport	84.8
13	Jackson (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	84.7
14	Clinton (Blue Line - Forest Park)	84.6
14	Addison (Brown Line)	84.6
16	Oak Park (Blue Line - Forest Park)	84.3
17	Montrose (Blue Line - O'Hare)	84
17	Racine	84
17	Adams/Wabash	84
17	Washington	84
17	Damen (Blue Line - O'Hare)	84
22	Irving Park (Brown Line)	83.3
23	California (Blue Line - O'Hare)	83.2
23	Oak Park (Green Line - Lake Street)	83.2
25	Grand (Red Line - North Side)	83.1
25	Chicago (Blue Line - O'Hare)	83.1
27	Clinton (Green Line - Lake Street)	82.9
28	Western (Blue Line - O'Hare)	82.6
29	Lake	82.3
30	LaSalle	82.2
30	Damen (Brown Line)	82.2
30	Diversey	82.2
33	Noyes	82.1
33	Foster	82.1
35	Armitage	81.9
36	Harrison	81.8
36	State/Lake	81.8
38	Francisco	81.2
38	Wellington	81.2
40	Ridgeland	81.1
41	Montrose (Brown Line)	80.9
41	Sedgwick	80.9
43	Addison (Red Line - North Side)	80.7
44	Paulina	80.6
44	Harold Washington Library	80.6
46	Cermak	80.4
47	Logan Square	80.3
48	Cumberland	80
49	Cermak-Chinatown	79
49	Chicago (Brown Line)	79
49	Chicago (Red Line - North Side)	79
49	Halsted (Orange Line)	79
53	Morgan	78.4
54	Addison (Blue Line - O'Hare)	78.3
55	Sheridan	78
55	Belmont (Red Line - North Side)	78
55	Linden	78
55	Grand (Blue Line - O'Hare)	78
59	Rosemont	77.4
60	Loyola	76.8
60	Oakton	76.8
62	North/Clybourn	76.7
63	Clark/Division	76.3
64	Dempster-Skokie	76
64	Central (Purple Line - Evanston)	76
64	Sox-35th	76
67	Granville	75.4
68	Main	75.3
69	Midway Airport	75.2
70	Bryn Mawr	75.1
70	Davis	75.1
70	Washington/Wabash	75.1
73	Berwyn	75
73	Lawrence	75
73	35th/Archer	75
73	Western (Brown Line)	75
73	Harlem (Blue Line - O'Hare)	75
78	Thorndale	73.8
79	Argyle	73.3
80	Roosevelt	73.2
81	Medical Center	73.1
81	Austin (Blue Line - Forest Park)	73.1
83	South Boulevard	73
83	Dempster	73
85	Pulaski (Orange Line)	72.4
86	Ashland (Green Line - Lake Street)	72.3
87	Western (Blue Line - Forest Park)	71.8
87	Kedzie (Brown Line)	71.8
89	Belmont (Blue Line - O'Hare)	71.3
90	Irving Park (Blue Line - O'Hare)	71.1
91	35-Bronzeville-IIT	70.6
92	Morse	70.1
93	O'Hare Airport	69.7
93	Kimball	69.7
95	Division	69.4
96	Wilson	69.1
97	Damen (Pink Line)	68.5
98	18th	68.2
99	Jarvis	67.5
100	Polk	67.2
100	Kedzie (Orange Line)	67.2
102	Western (Orange Line)	67
102	Forest Park	67
102	Indiana	67
102	Jefferson Park	67
106	Harlem (Green Line - Lake Street)	65.5
107	Austin (Green Line - Lake Street)	65.3
108	Kedzie (Green Line - Lake Street)	64.9
108	Garfield (Green Line - South Elevated)	64.9
110	Garfield (Red Line - Dan Ryan)	64.3
111	East 63rd-Cottage Grove	64
111	43rd	64
113	Kildare	63.2
114	47th (Green Line - South Elevated)	63.1
114	51st	63.1
116	Howard	62.7
117	47th (Red Line - Dan Ryan)	62.6
117	Central Park	62.6
119	63rd	62.2
119	Ashland (Orange Line)	62.2
121	87th	60.7
122	Harlem (Blue Line - Forest Park)	60.5
123	69th	60.4
124	54th/Cermak	60.2
125	California (Pink Line)	60.1
125	Halsted (Green Line - Ashland/63rd Branch)	60.1
127	79th	59.4
128	95/Dan Ryan	58.4
128	Kedzie (Pink Line)	58.4
130	Kedzie-Homan	58.1
130	Kostner	58.1
132	Laramie	57.9
132	California (Green Line - Lake Street)	57.9
134	Ashland/63rd	57.6
135	Western (Pink Line)	57.1
136	Central (Green Line - Lake Street)	56.3
137	Cicero (Blue Line - Forest Park)	55.5
138	Cicero (Green Line - Lake Street)	55.3
139	Pulaski (Pink Line)	53.3
140	Pulaski (Green Line - Lake Street)	51.6
141	King Drive	51
142	Cicero (Pink Line)	49.2
143	Conservatory	46.6
144	Pulaski (Blue Line - Forest Park)	42.7