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Monthly Ridership Report January 2020 Prepared by: Chicago Transit Authority Ridership Analysis and Reporting 2/7/2020 Table of Contents How to read this report...........................................................................................i Executive Summary...............................................................................................ii Monthly Notes…….................................................................................................iii Monthly Summary..................................................................................................1 Bus Ridership by Route.........................................................................................2 Rail Ridership by Entrance....................................................................................8 Average Weekday Cross-Platform Transfers......................................................24 How to Read This Report Introduction This report shows how many customers used the CTA bus and rail systems for the year. Ridership statistics are given on a system-wide and route/station-level basis. Ridership is primarily counted as boardings, that is, customers boarding a transit vehicle (bus or rail). On the rail system, there is a distinction between station entries and total rides, or boardings. The official totals on the Annual Summary report show the total number of boardings made to CTA vehicles. How are customers counted? Rail On the rail system, a customer is counted as an entry each time he or she passes through a turnstile to enter a station. In the “Rail Entries” section of the report, customers are not counted when they make a free “cross-platform” transfer from one rail line to another, since they don’t pass through a turnstile to do so. Some CTA stations serve more than one line. The “Rail Entries” report does not show the number of customers boarding each line at such stations, simply the total number of customers who entered the station. For example, even though Howard station is reported as part of the Red Line, customers also enter at Howard to ride the Purple and Yellow Lines. Bus Boardings are recorded using the bus farebox and farecard reader. In the uncommon situation when there is an operating error with the farebox and it cannot be determined on which route a given trip’s boardings should be allocated, these boardings are tallied as Route 0. These are not included in the Ridership by Route section of the report, however they are included in the monthly bus system totals. How do I compare this year to last year? What is a “Calendar Adjustment”? When comparing one year to another, it is often best to use the weekday, Saturday, and Sunday averages rather than totals. A monthly or annual total is affected by not only the number of weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, which can vary somewhat from year to year, but also based on what days of the week certain holidays fall on. For example, April 2016 and 2017 had the following breakdown of days: 2016 2017 Weekdays 21 20 Saturdays 5 5 Sunday/Holidays 4 5 As weekdays typically have much higher ridership than Saturdays, April 2016 would report higher total monthly ridership than April 2017, all else equal. Using averages by day type circumvents this problem. For the purposes of month-to-month and year-over-year comparisons, the report also includes a “Calendar Adjusted” annual total of bus, rail, and system ridership. This is calculated by applying a normalization factor to a given month’s total ridership figures to correct any discrepancies in the number of weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, thereby making the data comparable. Note that New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day are considered as “Sundays” for the purposes of ridership reporting, as CTA operates a Sunday schedule on these holidays. All other holidays are reported as the type of day they fall on. Page i Executive Summary – January 2020 System Overview Total bus and rail system ridership increased 9.2% in January this year compared to last year. Bus increased by 11.5% and rail increased by 6.7%. The warmer weather this year was good to ridership. There was 17 inches of snow last year versus only six this year. The average high temperature was six degrees warmer this year as well, even after removing last year’s polar vortex days. System ridership was down just 1.0% with bus up 1.2% and rail down 3.3%, after removing the polar vortex impact. Gas prices also fell sharply last year in January, nearly hitting their 10 year low. They remained stable this year. Bus Bus ridership increased 11.5% this month compared with January 20198. Downtown and Evanston were the best performing route groups both increasing 17.7%. The prior year polar vortex affected ridership across all of the bus route groups. Excluding the prior year polar vortex, bus ridership increased 1.2%. Rail Rail ridership increased 6.7% compared with a year ago in January. Loop (+10.6%) better than the other branches this month. Ridership on rail decreased 3.3% for the month when excluding the prior year polar vortex. Page ii Monthly Notes – January 2020 The following changes in CTA service over the past year have a potential impact on this month’s ridership figures. Systemwide Service Impacts Station Closures Rail stations c an be closed occasionally f or construction. The closures can result in what appears to be very dramatic increases or decreases (e.g. > 20%) in average daily rail ridership on a year-over-year basis both f or the station being closed and potentially for nearby stations as well. When service is suspended or rerouted on the rail system, service is maintained by a bus shuttle connecting the closed or bypassed rail stations. Riders on this shuttle are tallied in the “Bus Ridership by Route” section as Route #1001 Shuttle/Special Event Route. Bus Service Impacts Bus Service Reroutes #6 Jackson Park Exp (Oct 24 2016 until further notice), #30 South Chicago, #N5 South Shore Night Bus & #67 67th-69th-71st (Jul 22 2019-Jun 26 2020 or completion), #21 Cermak (Nov 4-Mar 6, 2020 or completion), #152 Addison (Dec 5-Mar 2, 2020 or completion), #146 Inner Drive/Michigan Exp & #148 Clarendon/Michigan Exp (Jan 27-Feb 28 or completion), #71 71st/South Shore (Dec 2-Jan 27, 2020 or completion), #34 South Michigan & #119 Michigan/119th (Dec 3-Jan 17, 2020 or completion). Reroutes on certain routes near events during The Navy Pier New Year’s Eve Fireworks event and Women’s March Chicago 2020 Event. Rail Service Impacts Temporary Service Suspensions and Reroutes Due to ongoing construction activity to maintain and modernize the CTA rail system, some lines experience periodic day, night, & weekend closures or reroutes. All Red Line service returned to normal on 11/22/18. Some Red Line trains were operating between Howard and Ashland/63rd due to construction related to the 95th Street Terminal Improvement Project. Line/Location Dates Affected Detail Red Line stations bypass Jan 24-27 31-Feb 3 Granville, Thorndale & Bryn Mawr bypass while performing track maintenance for the Red & Purple Modernization RPM project. Brown Line Northbound bypass Jan 31-Feb 1 Performing track maintenance to ensure that trains continue to operate safely along the Brown Line. Blue Line bypass Jan 24-27 Grand station bypass during station construction as part of the Your New Blue modernization program. Blue Line station temporary closure Jan 3-6 Shuttle buses will replace rail service between Chicago & Grand stations. Station construction for New Blue modernization. Page iii Monthly Summary Calendar Operating Days Day Type Last Year This Year When analyzing monthly ridership trends, it is important to account for the possibility that the same month may have a different number of weekdays, Weekdays 22 22 Saturdays, and Sundays each year. Monthly ridership statistics are provided below as both 'actual total' and 'calendar adjusted total', the latter being a Saturdays 4 4 normalized figure that facilitates year-to-year and month-to-month comparisons. Sundays 5 5 Monthly Monthly Total (actual) Monthly Total (Cal. Adj.) Year-to-date Total (actual) Year-to-date Total (Cal. Adj.) System Totals Last Yr Cur Yr Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Last Yr Cur Yr Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Bus 17,453,870 19,482,386 17,209,299 19,180,760 11.5% 17,453,870 19,482,386 17,209,299 19,180,760 11.5% Rail 16,068,845 17,181,153 15,823,847 16,891,382 6.7% 16,068,845 17,181,153 15,823,847 16,891,382 6.7% System Total 33,522,715 36,663,539 33,033,146 36,072,142 9.2% 33,522,715 36,663,539 33,033,146 36,072,142 9.2% System Daily Average Weekday Average Saturday Average Sunday Averages Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Bus Boardings 661,185 749,855 13.4% 376,901 383,635 1.8% 280,040 290,207 3.6% Rail (Total Boardings) 616,929 671,110 8.8% 320,491 307,233 -4.1% 242,891 237,562 -2.2% Rail (Station Entries) 505,327 549,707 257,428 247,775 197,481 193,936 Rail (Cross-Platform Transfers) 111,601 121,403 63,063 59,459 45,410 43,626 System (Total Boardings) 1,278,113 1,420,965 11.2% 697,392 690,868 -0.9% 522,931 527,769 0.9% January 2020 Page 1 Bus Ridership by Route Note: all bus routes are accessible Average Weekday Average Saturday Average Sunday Year-to-date Rides Route Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg 1 Bronzeville/Union Station 1,587 1,743 9.8% 34,919 38,338 9.8% 2 Hyde Park Express 2,986 3,498 17.2% 65,683 76,951 17.2% 3 King Drive 13,228 14,958 13.1% 8,074 8,509 5.4% 6,196 6,307 1.8% 354,287 394,654 11.4% 4 Cottage Grove 16,386 18,162 10.8% 10,107 10,105 0.0% 7,943 7,859 -1.1% 440,643 479,273 8.8% 5 South Shore Night Bus 353 449 27.2% 320 390 22.0% 336 365 8.9% 10,721 13,260 23.7% 6 Jackson Park Express 7,262 8,385 15.5% 6,404 6,376 -0.4% 5,080 5,197 2.3% 210,790 235,954 11.9% 7 Harrison 4,300 4,979 15.8% 94,590 109,548 15.8% 8 Halsted 17,794 21,261 19.5% 9,959 10,783 8.3% 7,289 7,823 7.3% 467,743 549,987 17.6% 8A South Halsted 2,193 2,509 14.4% 1,531 1,640 7.1% 1,200 1,193 -0.6% 60,375 67,729 12.2% 9 Ashland 14,147 16,914 19.6% 12,771 13,410 5.0% 9,622 10,104 5.0% 410,425 476,262 16.0% X9 Ashland Express 6,957 7,716 10.9% 153,047 169,746 10.9% 11 Lincoln 1,266 1,429 12.9% 659 680 3.2% 434 451 3.7% 32,663 36,413 11.5% 12 Roosevelt 10,141 11,475 13.2% 5,925 6,078 2.6% 4,328 4,672 7.9% 268,454 300,131 11.8% J14 Jeffery Jump 9,101 10,282 13.0% 4,167 4,106 -1.5% 3,061 3,035 -0.9% 232,190 257,790 11.0% 15 Jeffery Local 6,116 6,731 10.1% 3,806 3,995 5.0% 3,027 3,071 1.5% 164,914 179,425 8.8% 18 16th/18th 3,148 3,668 16.5% 1,883 2,171 15.3% 1,445 1,520 5.2% 84,015 96,982 15.4% 19 United Center Express 189 181 -4.4% 187 198 6.0% 144 181 25.4% 2,275 2,765 21.6% 20 Madison 14,404 15,936 10.6% 7,943 7,663 -3.5% 6,215 6,209 -0.1% 379,732 412,293 8.6% 21 Cermak 6,892 8,002 16.1% 4,644 4,980 7.2% 3,269 3,252 -0.5% 186,540 212,225 13.8% 22 Clark 13,979 16,096 15.1% 11,328 12,211 7.8% 8,917 9,438 5.8% 397,430 450,146 13.3% Page 2 January 2020 Note: all bus routes are accessible Average Weekday Average Saturday Average Sunday Year-to-date Rides Route Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg 24 Wentworth 2,194 2,559 16.6% 48,264 56,293 16.6% 26 South Shore Express 3,584 3,905 8.9% 78,857 85,902 8.9% 28 Stony Island 4,853 5,364 10.5% 2,430 2,279 -6.2% 1,807 1,797 -0.6% 125,521 136,103 8.4% 29 State 8,688 9,935 14.3% 6,071 6,112 0.7% 4,592 4,416 -3.8% 238,390 265,098 11.2% 30 South Chicago 2,576 2,771 7.6% 1,451 1,435 -1.1% 697 724 4.0% 65,966 70,326 6.6% 31 31st 390 642 64.5% 8,587 14,122 64.5% 34 South Michigan 3,904 4,473 14.6% 2,548 2,288 -10.2% 2,104 2,054 -2.4% 106,598 117,825 10.5% 35 31st/35th 4,042 4,541 12.3% 1,941 2,127 9.6% 1,522 1,546 1.6% 104,287 116,136 11.4% 36 Broadway 10,102 11,109 10.0% 10,004 10,227 2.2% 7,965 8,512 6.9% 302,083 327,860 8.5% 37 Sedgwick 1,408 1,681 19.4% 30,983 36,987 19.4% 39 Pershing 1,602 1,811 13.0% 526 535 1.7% 376 433 15.1% 39,237 44,142 12.5% 43 43rd 1,182 1,261 6.7% 620 535 -13.6% 444 421 -5.3% 30,696 31,986 4.2% 44 Wallace-Racine 2,672 3,091 15.7% 1,132 1,220 7.7% 816 816 0.0% 67,402 76,964 14.2% 47 47th 7,550 8,775 16.2% 5,014 5,262 4.9% 3,751 3,923 4.6% 204,915 233,722 14.1% 48 South Damen 757 834 10.2% 16,651 18,356 10.2% 49 Western 13,315 15,165 13.9% 11,229 11,476 2.2% 8,052 8,674 7.7% 378,101 422,901 11.8% 49B North Western 4,314 4,825 11.8% 2,966 2,992 0.9% 2,301 2,339 1.7% 118,287 129,810 9.7% X49 Western Express 5,509 6,173 12.1% 121,206 135,814 12.1% 50 Damen 8,305 9,894 19.1% 4,355 4,766 9.4% 2,943 3,299 12.1% 214,838 253,236 17.9% 51 51st 1,034 1,233 19.2% 647 614 -5.0% 485 473 -2.6% 27,763 31,946 15.1% 52 Kedzie/California 10,151 11,447 12.8% 5,795 5,824 0.5% 3,950 4,118 4.3% 266,256 295,716 11.1% 52A South Kedzie 3,241 3,805 17.4% 1,571 1,537 -2.2% 1,035 1,076 3.9% 82,769 95,231 15.1% Page 3 January 2020 Note: all bus routes are accessible Average Weekday Average Saturday Average Sunday Year-to-date Rides Route Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg 53 Pulaski 15,378 17,129 11.4% 9,594 9,482 -1.2% 7,333 7,014 -4.4% 413,361 449,842 8.8% 53A South Pulaski 5,877 6,822 16.1% 2,336 2,331 -0.2% 1,500 1,533 2.2% 146,144 167,081 14.3% 54 Cicero 8,277 9,294 12.3% 5,504 5,439 -1.2% 4,125 4,357 5.6% 224,745 248,013 10.4% 54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd. 593 644 8.6% 13,052 14,175 8.6% 54B South Cicero 2,142 2,394 11.8% 1,592 1,572 -1.3% 1,059 1,071 1.1% 58,788 64,318 9.4% 55 Garfield 7,671 8,575 11.8% 5,200 5,287 1.7% 4,053 4,161 2.7% 209,818 230,602 9.9% 55A 55th/Austin 269 256 -4.9% 5,914 5,621 -4.9% 55N 55th/Narragansett 460 563 22.3% 152 216 42.0% 10,734 13,246 23.4% 56 Milwaukee 7,412 8,644 16.6% 3,681 4,208 14.3% 2,658 3,131 17.8% 191,084 222,660 16.5% 57 Laramie 2,017 2,357 16.9% 795 832 4.5% 537 587 9.1% 50,234 58,105 15.7% 59 59th/61st 2,678 2,973 11.0% 1,352 1,390 2.8% 64,332 70,955 10.3% 60 Blue Island/26th 9,062 10,865 19.9% 4,037 4,166 3.2% 2,959 3,167 7.0% 230,320 271,521 17.9% 62 Archer 8,204 9,591 16.9% 4,819 4,735 -1.7% 3,847 4,211 9.5% 218,994 250,989 14.6% 62H Archer/Harlem 739 957 29.6% 332 456 37.2% 17,582 22,887 30.2% 63 63rd 12,725 14,223 11.8% 7,959 8,273 3.9% 6,698 6,537 -2.4% 345,275 378,691 9.7% 63W West 63rd 1,239 1,368 10.5% 602 475 -21.1% 463 673 45.3% 31,976 35,369 10.6% 65 Grand 7,048 8,125 15.3% 3,364 3,434 2.1% 2,445 2,620 7.2% 180,737 205,595 13.8% 66 Chicago 18,462 20,964 13.5% 11,160 11,098 -0.6% 8,015 8,173 2.0% 490,890 546,463 11.3% 67 67th-69th-71st 8,005 8,951 11.8% 5,328 5,238 -1.7% 4,172 4,233 1.5% 218,290 239,049 9.5% 68 Northwest Highway 941 1,196 27.2% 355 363 2.2% 254 274 8.0% 23,381 29,140 24.6% 70 Division 7,229 7,941 9.9% 4,108 4,203 2.3% 3,176 3,210 1.1% 191,339 207,571 8.5% 71 71st/South Shore 7,493 7,730 3.2% 5,289 4,880 -7.7% 4,160 3,889 -6.5% 206,797 209,015 1.1% Page 4 January 2020 Note: all bus routes are accessible Average Weekday Average Saturday Average Sunday Year-to-date Rides Route Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg Last Yr Cur Yr % Chg 72 North 11,551 12,952 12.1% 8,635 8,673 0.4% 6,104 6,717 10.0% 319,184 353,215 10.7% 73 Armitage 4,476 5,322 18.9% 2,105 2,196 4.3% 1,569 1,727 10.1% 114,741 134,503 17.2% 74 Fullerton 9,753 11,205 14.9% 6,623 6,601 -0.3% 4,635 4,951 6.8% 264,234 297,669 12.7% 75 74th-75th 5,741 6,466 12.6% 3,904 3,896 -0.2% 2,997 3,090 3.1% 156,908 173,280 10.4% 76 Diversey 9,664 11,021 14.0% 5,548 5,418 -2.4% 3,560 3,802 6.8% 252,594 283,150 12.1% 77 Belmont 16,758 18,349 9.5% 10,493 10,370 -1.2% 7,308 7,185 -1.7% 447,194 481,089 7.6% 78 Montrose 6,228 7,056 13.3% 3,773 3,597 -4.7% 2,660 2,722 2.3% 165,404 183,224 10.8% 79 79th 20,170 22,180 10.0% 13,965 14,192 1.6% 11,391 11,219 -1.5% 556,543 600,822 8.0% 80 Irving Park 8,943 9,932 11.1% 5,684 5,732 0.8% 4,043 4,345 7.5% 239,711 263,157 9.8% 81 Lawrence 9,418 10,241 8.7% 7,110 6,906 -2.9% 5,502 5,641 2.5% 263,147 281,128 6.8% 81W West Lawrence 1,377 1,501 9.0% 620 581 -6.2% 353 378 7.2% 34,537 37,235 7.8% 82 Kimball-Homan 14,224 16,302 14.6% 7,941 7,985 0.6% 5,895 6,070 3.0% 374,166 420,948 12.5% 84 Peterson 3,131 3,357 7.2% 1,436 1,413 -1.6% 1,031 1,032 0.1% 79,789 84,670 6.1% 85 Central 7,631 8,548 12.0% 4,539 4,768 5.0% 3,572 3,624 1.5% 203,889 225,242 10.5% 85A North Central 564 630 11.8% 229 284 23.6% 13,322 15,004 12.6% 86 Narragansett/Ridgeland 1,901 2,301 21.0% 41,831 50,619 21.0% 87 87th 9,357 10,267 9.7% 6,042 5,961 -1.3% 4,590 4,534 -1.2% 252,974 272,385 7.7% 88 Higgins 1,032 1,158 12.2% 396 456 15.0% 318 329 3.3% 25,889 28,944 11.8% 90 Harlem 3,329 3,798 14.1% 2,215 1,940 -12.4% 1,433 1,400 -2.3% 89,265 98,323 10.1% 91 Austin 5,280 5,794 9.7% 2,488 2,468 -0.8% 1,829 1,861 1.8% 135,260 146,635 8.4% 92 Foster 5,088 5,703 12.1% 2,555 2,607 2.0% 2,192 2,214 1.0% 133,111 146,973 10.4% 93 California/Dodge 2,891 3,316 14.7% 1,195 1,170 -2.1% 68,380 77,638 13.5% Page 5 January 2020