APTA Q3 2018 Ridership Report
Light rail was down 5% for the 3rd quarter; still up 1.6% YTD.
Commuter rail was up 6.43% for the 3rd quarter; up 9.5% YTD.
Bus ridership was (again) down 4.5% for the quarter and 4.75% YTD.
Cirrus recently dug up the 2018 totals by rail and bus
2018: RTD average daily ridership:
Bus: 244k
Rail: 127k - 52%
Total: 371k
I am impressed that the ridership for 5 light rail corridors carry over half of the ridership of a 142 bus routes. There's still tons of upside for light rail ridership in the future.
I was interested by the number of Rockies fans taking the W Line for a Sunday day game June 24th. A number of fans boarded at the Golden Station with more fans boarding at the Federal Center Station. These would have been early bird riders arriving downtown about an hour prior to First Pitch. Both the Taj Mahal and Federal Center Stations have nice Park N Ride's - very pleasant places.
Too many people apparently have an allergy for riding buses while I assume First and Last Mile access discourages many from riding light rail. I'd also guess that many are just resistant to change and would find light rail a nice choice if they tried it.