CTA Bus Ridership By Route

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This page displays daily average ridership by route for a given month and day type for the past 10 years. The page defaults to the latest month of data available. Figures from years prior can be downloaded with the link above.

Routes 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
1 Bronzeville / Union Station 1,121 937 548 224 1,912 1,814 1,731 1,662 1,806 2,140 2,219
2 Hyde Park Express 1,655 1,526 1,044 489 3,724 3,579 3,322 3,285 3,359 3,412 3,274
3 King Dr 12,312 10,040 7,868 5,488 15,741 15,827 16,149 17,641 18,710 19,369 19,622
4 Cottage Grove 11,413 9,586 9,012 7,967 18,922 19,021 19,218 20,622 20,768 21,215 21,297
X4 Cottage Grove Express 2,911 2,133 - - - - - - - - -
5 South Shore Night Bus 289 166 167 168 462 408 409 413 448 421 423
6 Jackson Park Express 5,417 4,111 4,050 2,772 8,555 8,370 8,165 8,907 9,588 9,813 10,623
7 Harrison 4,712 3,792 2,652 1,191 5,717 5,661 5,625 5,338 5,516 6,278 7,198
8 Halsted 16,962 13,160 9,580 6,176 23,434 22,621 21,814 22,134 22,660 23,736 24,378
8A South Halsted 1,867 1,651 1,367 1,009 2,528 2,587 2,735 3,016 3,041 3,162 3,193
9 Ashland 14,233 11,157 9,332 7,873 17,343 16,162 17,224 17,983 18,425 27,277 27,216
X9 Ashland Express 6,110 4,996 3,928 2,681 7,800 8,059 8,264 8,553 8,340 - -
11 Lincoln 1,387 1,126 903 588 1,546 1,474 1,422 1,915 1,632 1,686 1,497
12 Roosevelt 7,988 6,682 6,053 4,780 11,929 12,112 12,388 13,846 14,309 13,671 14,263
15 Jeffrey Local 4,430 4,106 3,458 2,686 6,719 7,184 6,967 7,001 7,287 7,270 7,730
18 16th/18th 3,157 2,481 1,829 1,389 3,924 3,816 3,870 3,883 3,828 3,422 4,174
19 Stadium Express - 150 9 - 202 233 226 256 261 326 300
20 Madison 10,491 9,268 7,533 5,552 16,474 16,599 16,384 17,237 18,000 18,361 19,689
21 Cermak 7,608 5,629 4,334 3,253 8,312 8,398 8,271 9,037 9,160 8,876 8,586
22 Clark 10,977 10,056 9,699 6,501 16,239 15,670 15,478 16,250 17,387 18,585 19,688
24 Wentworth 1,648 1,578 1,028 661 2,526 2,606 2,563 2,875 2,886 2,870 3,161
26 South Shore Express 2,548 2,586 2,023 1,419 4,047 4,154 4,059 4,274 3,109 3,317 3,337
28 Stony Island 3,409 3,031 2,113 1,893 5,399 5,697 5,853 6,576 6,727 6,895 7,611
29 State 6,423 4,911 3,983 2,961 10,290 10,341 10,164 11,197 11,919 12,363 13,462
30 South Chicago 2,477 1,674 1,312 953 2,799 3,046 3,127 3,319 3,394 3,529 3,210
31 31st 1,010 577 305 180 809 583 603 669 - - -
34 South Michigan 2,940 2,355 1,901 1,643 4,404 4,430 4,813 5,186 5,022 4,961 5,428
35 35th 3,344 2,767 2,267 1,500 4,709 4,672 4,848 5,225 5,683 5,326 5,482
36 Broadway 10,591 8,519 8,020 5,398 11,469 11,498 11,408 11,877 12,434 13,059 14,135
37 Sedgwick 1,162 640 341 182 1,728 1,633 1,466 1,488 1,669 1,854 1,789
39 Pershing 1,527 1,236 1,067 625 1,886 1,827 1,934 1,885 2,089 1,941 2,247
43 43rd 956 788 695 532 1,316 1,336 1,345 1,472 1,671 1,675 1,741
44 Wallace/Racine 2,474 2,056 1,675 1,057 3,045 3,170 3,258 3,684 3,736 4,029 4,328
47 47th 7,451 5,833 5,235 4,110 8,883 8,679 9,043 9,627 10,076 9,264 9,761
48 South Damen 722 572 482 258 894 971 960 1,035 1,134 1,171 1,278
49 Western 12,229 10,307 8,253 6,252 15,062 14,923 15,265 16,136 16,868 22,866 25,330
49B North Western 4,173 3,803 3,245 2,080 5,030 4,974 5,038 5,325 5,429 5,186 5,327
X49 Western Express 4,929 4,089 3,358 1,773 6,320 6,481 6,540 6,757 6,614 - -
50 Damen 7,234 6,679 6,190 3,407 10,159 9,723 9,547 9,695 10,240 10,595 10,758
51 51st 1,126 921 766 499 1,303 1,324 1,403 1,346 1,479 1,539 1,845
52 Kedzie/California 6,234 5,526 4,536 3,238 11,871 11,810 12,044 11,983 12,090 11,764 12,290
52A South Kedzie 2,669 2,600 1,958 1,454 3,909 3,773 3,894 4,223 4,123 4,414 4,387
53 Pulaski 13,718 11,689 9,557 7,303 17,424 17,541 17,436 18,800 19,264 19,188 19,998
53A South Pulaski 5,582 4,688 3,914 2,246 7,127 7,135 7,236 8,074 8,181 7,711 7,925
54 Cicero 7,084 5,828 4,809 4,230 9,374 9,337 9,702 10,527 11,034 10,642 10,952
54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd 567 412 370 226 640 664 686 735 731 808 869
54B South Cicero 2,007 1,739 1,214 1,097 2,373 2,436 2,627 2,977 3,035 3,022 2,989
55 Garfield 6,065 4,945 4,135 3,201 8,716 8,735 9,135 10,305 10,681 10,485 11,291
55A 55th/Austin 142 145 110 68 264 294 326 324 315 244 276
55N 55th/Narragansett 419 326 244 156 616 547 563 583 604 538 573
56 Milwaukee 6,044 4,774 4,374 2,973 8,983 8,588 8,266 8,724 9,075 9,876 9,654
57 Laramie 1,793 1,527 1,285 787 2,436 2,374 2,429 2,720 2,851 4,689 4,814
59 59th/61st 2,450 2,073 1,624 1,107 2,966 3,083 3,007 3,439 3,617 3,670 4,153
60 Blue Island/26th 9,237 7,564 6,190 3,228 12,075 11,368 10,906 10,916 10,587 10,870 11,864
62 Archer 7,009 5,734 5,039 3,149 9,643 9,477 9,547 10,452 10,534 10,311 10,519
62H Archer/Harlem 833 782 609 379 1,038 834 949 975 1,066 874 898
63 63rd Street 9,344 8,181 6,995 5,545 14,499 14,641 15,206 16,694 16,466 16,595 18,264
63W West 63rd 1,244 1,054 956 536 1,315 1,399 1,361 1,431 1,373 1,264 1,328
65 Grand 5,817 4,441 3,059 2,040 8,124 7,992 7,966 8,164 7,977 8,047 8,138
66 Chicago 16,069 13,667 10,617 7,396 21,584 21,185 22,577 22,105 23,133 24,048 25,540
67 67th/69th/71st 6,339 5,012 4,471 3,704 9,159 9,211 9,966 11,258 12,012 12,336 13,269
68 Northwest Hwy 913 849 742 368 1,269 1,102 1,385 1,482 1,413 1,233 1,362
70 Division 6,379 5,571 4,089 3,008 8,126 8,434 8,707 9,116 9,241 9,413 9,488
71 71st 5,832 4,796 4,181 3,579 7,642 8,524 8,908 9,464 8,525 8,432 8,896
72 North 9,743 7,954 6,949 5,259 13,012 13,379 13,515 14,626 15,500 15,174 15,975
73 Armitage 3,794 3,453 2,493 1,682 5,429 5,337 5,280 5,498 6,277 4,768 4,945
74 Fullerton 8,749 7,450 6,408 4,295 11,369 11,390 11,447 12,096 12,541 12,735 12,954
75 74th/75th 4,611 4,095 3,498 2,670 6,482 6,528 6,713 6,948 7,209 7,667 7,921
76 Diversey 7,915 6,462 6,272 4,141 11,260 10,999 10,462 10,345 11,832 12,143 11,944
77 Belmont 13,380 11,276 10,479 6,800 18,889 19,111 19,298 21,130 21,993 22,226 22,185
78 Montrose 5,245 4,366 4,073 2,250 7,202 7,391 7,571 7,740 7,435 8,426 9,278
79 79th 14,287 12,438 11,554 9,714 22,080 22,720 23,320 25,733 26,200 26,014 26,186
80 Irving Park 7,917 6,228 5,985 4,038 10,040 10,244 10,378 11,123 12,175 12,454 13,015
81 Lawrence 8,686 6,906 7,036 4,986 10,298 10,483 10,810 11,663 11,888 11,629 11,961
81W West Lawrence 1,420 1,132 840 666 1,515 1,588 1,750 1,629 1,720 1,566 1,635
82 Kimball/Homan 11,900 9,566 9,802 6,055 16,889 16,578 17,102 18,644 19,523 18,907 19,949
84 Peterson 2,811 2,029 2,093 1,242 3,367 3,554 3,479 3,724 3,943 3,936 3,886
85 Central 7,990 6,778 5,992 3,905 8,751 8,627 8,769 9,779 10,025 10,270 10,741
85A North Central 424 348 316 246 683 629 535 581 569 833 839
86 Narragansett/Ridgeland 1,980 1,537 1,264 495 2,472 2,531 2,501 2,735 2,654 2,823 2,884
87 87th 6,290 5,422 5,102 3,987 10,398 10,782 11,180 12,608 12,990 12,685 12,741
88 Higgins 909 849 702 480 1,101 1,170 1,323 1,335 1,359 1,203 1,345
90 Harlem 3,341 2,625 2,478 1,858 3,659 3,780 3,978 4,506 4,738 4,504 4,579
91 Austin 4,059 3,965 3,548 2,409 5,932 6,255 6,307 6,633 6,552 6,829 6,881
92 Foster 4,780 4,217 3,920 2,496 5,923 6,084 6,131 6,579 6,792 6,800 6,973
93 North California 3,295 2,804 2,307 1,318 3,391 3,333 3,254 3,473 3,445 3,478 3,483
94 South California 8,621 7,048 6,291 4,027 8,122 7,744 8,190 8,819 9,015 9,286 9,529
95 95th 3,675 3,187 2,396 2,100 4,848 5,180 5,355 5,661 - - -
96 Lunt 679 553 402 311 782 792 819 878 898 927 819
97 Skokie 2,144 1,807 1,473 1,138 2,608 2,765 2,753 2,982 3,017 2,999 3,077
100 Jeffery Manor Express 430 333 269 187 504 476 620 653 692 726 761
103 West 103rd 1,647 1,136 982 686 1,977 1,976 2,073 2,513 2,697 2,846 2,910
106 East 103rd 941 773 639 469 1,293 1,395 1,431 1,591 1,682 1,790 2,272
108 Halsted/95th 670 544 419 299 951 1,023 1,146 1,334 1,352 1,364 1,437
111 Pullman/111/115 2,007 1,711 1,399 1,042 2,787 3,221 3,157 3,745 3,929 4,057 4,049
111A Pullman Shuttle 205 172 141 121 221 156 173 174 185 189 145
112 Vincennes/111th 1,262 925 941 547 1,869 1,860 1,995 2,253 2,582 2,322 2,288
115 115th/Pullman 1,944 1,556 1,342 930 2,866 2,891 2,914 3,280 4,065 4,003 4,133
119 Michigan/119th 2,582 1,934 1,865 1,490 3,739 3,791 4,057 4,604 4,493 4,521 4,894
120 NW/Wacker Express 266 209 147 52 768 921 1,021 1,006 1,067 1,186 1,253
121 Union/Wacker Express 397 283 190 77 1,061 1,195 1,229 1,115 1,405 1,537 1,679
124 Navy Pier Express 746 591 355 143 930 901 845 893 762 818 896
125 Water Tower Express 570 434 276 125 1,581 1,181 1,218 1,245 1,404 1,672 1,686
126 Jackson 3,564 2,981 2,289 1,449 5,350 5,016 5,023 5,650 6,059 6,153 6,681
130 Museum Campus 296 413 407 - 618 375 690 960 1,556 1,314 1,438
134 Stockton / Lasalle Express 1,479 1,074 501 153 3,001 2,842 2,867 2,912 3,076 3,298 3,294
135 Wilson/Lasalle Express 1,626 1,323 708 245 3,244 3,390 3,127 3,219 3,355 3,517 3,564
136 Sheridan/Lasalle Express 924 960 543 245 1,821 1,877 1,821 1,889 1,898 1,901 1,945
143 Stockton / Michigan Express 867 783 552 261 1,849 1,772 1,826 1,816 1,917 1,937 2,026
146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express 9,699 8,113 6,878 3,984 12,366 12,033 11,494 12,543 13,200 13,176 13,378
147 Outer Drive Express 8,796 7,489 7,138 4,222 11,394 10,788 11,148 11,896 12,509 13,018 12,972
148 Clarendon / Michigan Express 1,404 1,246 969 460 2,434 2,429 2,325 2,398 2,462 2,545 2,403
J14 Jeffery Jump 6,065 4,888 4,382 3,146 10,237 10,329 10,310 10,918 11,129 11,307 11,819
151 Sheridan 10,180 9,173 7,513 4,875 14,032 13,762 14,161 14,437 15,308 16,091 16,789
152 Addison 6,951 5,709 5,649 2,659 9,736 9,602 9,221 9,695 9,648 10,394 10,096
155 Devon 5,185 4,615 3,835 2,662 6,221 5,895 6,304 6,912 7,237 6,989 6,936
156 Lasalle 3,074 2,732 1,602 713 6,986 6,864 6,577 6,648 7,142 7,895 8,633
157 Streeterville 5,567 4,804 2,978 1,252 6,725 6,836 6,493 6,245 6,812 6,637 7,036
165 West 65th 203 188 156 81 134 202 141 119 115 109 108
169 69/UPS Express 106 68 67 65 70 152 141 182 193 209 189
171 Univ. of Chicago = Hyde Park 716 807 909 285 1,109 1,483 1,487 1,669 1,863 1,631 1,744
172 Univ. of Chicago = Kenwood 1,636 2,221 1,723 417 2,656 2,277 1,768 2,560 2,569 2,952 2,707
192 University of Chicago Hosp. Exp. 439 366 397 184 722 849 900 879 904 985 948
201 Central/Sherman 1,856 1,839 1,434 699 3,049 2,594 2,483 2,484 2,465 2,022 2,041
206 Evanston Circulator 456 360 330 68 638 703 686 831 1,040 987 857