CTA Bus Summary

Download CTA Ridership Dataset

This page displays daily average ridership by route for a given month and day type for the past 13 years. The page defaults to the latest month of data available. Figures from years prior can be downloaded with the link above.

The charts below show historical monthly ridership and ridership for the 13 months prior to the month specified.

Overview
Day Type Boardings
Weekday 12,146,504
Saturday 2,076,288
Sunday/Holiday 1,311,806
Total 15,534,598
Top 10 Routes
Route Boardings
66 Chicago 359,473
79 79th 335,109
9 Ashland 334,487
8 Halsted 318,096
53 Pulaski 298,102
3 King Dr 284,016
77 Belmont 283,011
49 Western 265,587
82 Kimball/Homan 245,301
22 Clark 238,517

Previous 13 Month Weekday Ridership

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Historical August Total Ridership

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