North Cook News

West Lawrence ridership decreased by 57.6 percent during November 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 route that saw the largest decrease in ridership was Stockton/LaSalle Express with a 95.6 percent drop.

Bus transit experienced a 61.3 percent decline in ridership overall during the month. Train ridership across the city during the same month saw a decrease of 78.2 percent year over year. The train station that saw the largest decrease was the UIC-Halsted station with a decrease of 90.6 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	95.6
2	Ogilvie/Streeterville Express	94.9
3	Union/Streeterville Express	94.4
4	Clarendon/LaSalle Express	93.8
5	Water Tower Express	91.9
6	Sedgwick	90.8
7	LaSalle	90.3
8	Bronzeville/Union Station	89.2
9	Evanston Circulator	89.1
10	Navy Pier	87.8
10	Stockton/Michigan Express	87.8
12	U. of Chicago/Kenwood	87.2
13	Sheridan/LaSalle Express	87.1
14	U. of Chicago/Hyde Park	86.9
15	Hyde Park Express	86.7
16	Streeterville/Taylor	84.5
17	Clarendon/Michigan Express	81.8
18	U. of Chicago Hospitals Express	80.7
19	55th/Austin	79.3
20	31st	78.6
21	Narragansett/Ridgeland	77.2
22	Harrison	76.7
23	Central/Ridge	76.6
24	Wentworth	73.7
25	South Damen	73.3
26	Grand	72.8
27	Halsted	71.8
28	Addison	71.7
29	Western Express	71.4
30	Blue Island/26th	70.7
31	Arm itage	69.7
32	Montrose	69.6
33	Damen	68.7
34	55th/Narragansett	68.6
34	Inner Drive/Michigan Express	68.6
36	Kedzie	68.5
37	Chicago	67.1
38	Jackson	67
38	Ashland Express	67
38	State	67
41	Archer	66.2
42	Sheridan	65.9
43	31st/35th	65.6
44	East 103rd	65.1
45	Milwaukee	64.4
46	16th/18th	63.9
47	Higgins	63.3
48	South Shore Express	63.2
48	Fullerton	63.2
50	Belmont	63
50	South Pulaski	63
50	Jackson Park Express	63
53	Jeffery Jump	62.4
53	Lunt	62.4
55	Peterson	62.2
56	Clark	61.8
57	Diversey	61.5
58	North Cicero/Skokie Blvd.	61.4
59	Northwest Highway	61.3
59	Vincennes/111th	61.3
61	Pershing	61
61	Division	61
61	Halsted/95th	61
61	Kimball-Homan	61
61	Garfield	61
61	North	61
67	59th/61st	60.3
68	Madison	60.2
68	Outer Drive Express	60.2
70	King Drive	60
70	Stony Island	60
70	Wallace-Racine	60
70	Laram ie	60
70	West 65th	60
75	Pullman/115th	59.4
76	Irving Park	59.2
77	Roosevelt	58.8
78	California/Dodge	58.7
79	South Chicago	58.5
80	Lincoln	57.9
81	Archer/Harlem	57.6
81	West Lawrence	57.6
83	South Shore Night Bus	57.5
84	Broadway	57.1
84	51st	57.1
84	South Kedzie	57.1
87	West 103rd	56.8
88	Western	55.6
88	North Western	55.6
90	Cottage Grove	55.4
90	Cerm ak	55.4
90	Devon	55.4
93	67th-69th-71st	55.2
94	111th/King Drive	55.1
95	Skokie	55
95	South Michigan	55
95	87th	55
98	63rd	54.3
99	Foster	54.2
100	74th-75th	54.1
101	West 63rd	54
101	Jeffery Local	54
103	79th	53.4
104	Pulaski	53
105	Jeffery Manor Express	52.3
106	Lawrence	52
107	71st/South Shore	51.4
108	43rd	51.3
109	Cicero	51.2
110	47th	51
110	95th	51
110	Harlem	51
110	Ashland	51
114	Central	50.4
115	Michigan/119th	50.2
116	South Halsted	47.1
116	South Cicero	47.1
118	Austin	45.8
119	California	43.9
120	North Central	37.8
121	Pullman Shuttle	25.5
122	69th-UPS Express	2.2