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Old Posted Mar 27, 2012, 3:05 PM
emathias emathias is offline
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Originally Posted by Vlajos View Post
Another huge month in ridership growth on CTA.

Average weekday ridership is up 10% on buses and 9% on trains.

http://www.transitchicago.com/assets...rts/2012-2.pdf
I'd wondered if eliminating free rides would result in a one-year dip in ridership. I'm glad it didn't. The higher-than-budget ridership figures should also help offset the higher-than-budget fuel expenses, which is nice.

I'm sure the unseasonably warm February helped, but it's really good to see the South Side lines all also having strong gains. Based on some earlier data analysis I posted here, it was trailing but this time the Blue Line has really strong growth and all the other lines have comparably strong growth - excellent.
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