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 1,102 953 677 235 942 1,764 1,734 1,695 1,801 2,215 2,155
2 Hyde Park Express 1,701 1,613 1,147 584 1,875 3,445 3,378 3,299 3,354 3,522 3,211
3 King Dr 12,348 10,633 9,032 6,651 9,983 16,092 16,493 17,274 18,898 20,986 20,249
4 Cottage Grove 11,140 9,948 10,010 9,278 13,581 19,422 19,484 20,085 21,010 22,668 22,110
X4 Cottage Grove Express 2,591 2,174 - - - - - - - - -
5 South Shore Night Bus 242 159 184 183 348 334 412 408 430 441 425
6 Jackson Park Express 5,246 4,578 4,808 3,346 5,455 8,734 8,732 9,141 10,017 10,888 11,325
7 Harrison 4,206 3,696 2,817 1,389 3,080 5,296 5,377 5,370 5,441 6,401 6,556
8 Halsted 15,978 13,086 10,429 7,145 13,362 21,843 21,064 21,359 21,897 23,952 23,751
8A South Halsted 1,760 1,718 1,520 1,317 1,929 2,711 2,762 2,916 3,102 3,430 3,450
9 Ashland 13,673 11,833 10,013 8,900 12,428 16,457 17,429 17,965 18,791 28,870 28,588
X9 Ashland Express 5,653 5,221 4,531 2,923 4,862 8,276 8,347 8,641 8,568 - -
10 Museum of Science & Industry - - - - - - - - 494 317 570
11 Lincoln 1,294 1,150 1,012 657 925 1,515 1,430 1,943 1,690 1,771 1,557
12 Roosevelt 7,578 6,724 6,618 5,342 8,314 12,095 12,553 13,370 14,210 14,760 15,130
15 Jeffrey Local 4,272 4,259 4,027 3,057 4,910 7,223 7,020 7,030 7,432 8,052 8,011
18 16th/18th 3,007 2,508 2,067 1,494 2,439 3,701 3,718 3,876 3,898 3,324 4,206
19 Stadium Express 134 196 66 - 233 309 238 249 386 607 375
20 Madison 10,472 9,622 8,233 6,717 10,964 16,903 16,622 17,103 18,029 19,142 20,428
21 Cermak 6,935 6,102 5,088 3,947 5,701 8,634 8,750 8,868 9,398 9,721 9,095
22 Clark 10,925 10,854 11,280 7,176 9,782 15,993 15,969 16,371 17,759 19,245 20,246
24 Wentworth 1,609 1,728 1,237 856 1,590 2,783 2,558 2,783 2,915 3,188 3,388
26 South Shore Express 2,442 2,753 2,365 1,540 2,626 4,233 4,190 4,182 3,128 3,378 3,399
28 Stony Island 3,374 3,197 2,573 2,190 3,852 5,812 6,024 6,438 6,763 7,561 7,852
29 State 6,808 5,291 5,040 3,562 6,508 11,036 10,716 11,329 12,314 14,025 14,550
30 South Chicago 2,209 1,731 1,528 1,124 1,913 3,097 3,133 3,186 3,490 3,911 3,446
31 31st 833 552 315 183 429 511 552 581 - - -
34 South Michigan 2,726 2,388 2,074 1,815 3,283 4,555 4,798 4,913 4,934 5,498 5,687
35 35th 3,251 2,842 2,545 1,648 3,015 4,667 4,848 5,268 5,630 5,622 5,625
36 Broadway 10,945 8,749 9,131 6,143 7,458 12,000 11,606 11,913 12,674 13,874 14,717
37 Sedgwick 1,129 688 482 203 821 1,542 1,462 1,556 1,645 1,879 1,736
39 Pershing 1,487 1,296 1,172 758 1,282 1,877 1,924 1,879 2,098 2,097 2,292
43 43rd 918 838 752 643 986 1,384 1,369 1,411 1,725 1,861 1,858
44 Wallace/Racine 2,313 2,144 1,857 1,216 2,123 3,235 3,269 3,590 3,805 4,273 4,618
47 47th 6,955 6,190 5,627 4,555 6,667 8,933 9,079 9,554 10,197 10,330 10,530
48 South Damen 608 615 570 281 559 972 947 1,024 1,161 1,308 1,357
49 Western 11,796 10,848 9,110 7,138 10,668 15,355 15,454 16,156 16,805 24,404 26,231
J14 Jeffery Jump 5,570 5,062 4,966 3,692 6,761 10,506 10,567 10,717 11,352 12,056 11,971
49B North Western 3,889 3,938 3,559 2,428 3,395 5,173 5,276 5,413 5,538 5,545 5,579
X49 Western Express 4,449 4,239 3,578 1,942 3,918 6,709 6,408 6,973 6,477 - -
50 Damen 7,159 7,005 6,892 3,808 5,865 10,110 9,673 10,102 10,449 10,217 11,018
51 51st 1,060 963 907 599 887 1,300 1,366 1,366 1,473 1,689 1,917
52 Kedzie/California 6,145 5,762 5,135 3,642 8,097 12,200 12,249 11,379 12,056 12,972 12,964
52A South Kedzie 2,593 2,755 2,317 1,739 2,729 3,924 3,922 4,250 4,116 4,789 4,665
53 Pulaski 13,226 12,245 10,526 8,204 12,701 18,224 17,377 18,501 19,683 20,955 20,953
53A South Pulaski 5,299 4,977 4,357 2,763 4,596 7,620 7,252 8,231 8,424 8,719 8,468
54 Cicero 6,968 6,093 5,574 4,936 7,290 9,606 9,945 10,346 11,267 11,412 11,451
54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd 517 467 395 263 413 684 711 718 753 866 899
54B South Cicero 1,981 1,899 1,468 1,345 1,857 2,602 2,822 2,965 3,155 3,360 3,309
55 Garfield 5,930 5,404 4,629 3,703 6,043 8,919 9,301 10,070 10,729 11,391 11,809
55A 55th/Austin 138 148 122 75 147 304 334 329 325 280 289
55N 55th/Narragansett 385 375 275 175 367 543 571 589 626 617 616
56 Milwaukee 5,839 5,143 5,047 3,386 5,277 8,495 8,556 8,841 9,232 10,050 10,286
57 Laramie 1,680 1,599 1,412 915 1,698 2,473 2,360 2,663 2,740 4,933 5,045
59 59th/61st 2,350 2,168 1,864 1,274 2,093 3,214 2,960 3,292 3,614 4,103 4,241
60 Blue Island/26th 8,543 7,630 6,764 3,687 6,868 11,191 10,813 10,603 10,588 11,171 10,745
62 Archer 6,800 6,236 5,680 3,592 6,110 10,000 9,803 10,470 11,015 11,122 11,180
62H Archer/Harlem 790 819 678 429 692 888 964 1,001 1,061 946 969
63 63rd Street 9,118 8,377 7,436 6,381 10,680 14,886 15,153 15,997 16,790 17,531 19,064
63W West 63rd 1,124 1,113 1,121 632 919 1,382 1,396 1,398 1,412 1,396 1,344
65 Grand 5,734 5,159 3,649 2,357 4,710 8,267 8,189 8,415 8,381 8,656 8,532
66 Chicago 15,724 14,242 11,705 8,198 13,278 21,812 22,662 22,444 23,278 24,764 25,891
67 67th/69th/71st 5,941 5,120 4,771 4,141 6,756 9,515 9,789 10,848 11,864 12,979 13,623
68 Northwest Hwy 865 887 845 433 743 1,173 1,373 1,488 1,449 1,372 1,460
70 Division 6,120 5,902 4,508 3,301 5,338 8,459 8,717 8,998 9,161 10,081 9,882
71 71st 5,690 4,950 4,541 4,042 5,803 8,738 8,725 9,140 8,518 9,097 9,286
72 North 9,615 8,350 7,640 6,023 8,883 13,569 13,781 14,742 15,584 15,977 16,594
73 Armitage 3,613 3,686 2,793 1,932 3,264 5,511 5,203 5,874 6,476 4,893 5,031
74 Fullerton 8,366 7,786 6,842 4,769 7,274 11,385 11,619 12,177 12,473 13,216 13,433
75 74th/75th 4,204 4,231 3,836 3,144 4,853 6,653 6,739 6,830 7,226 7,781 8,241
76 Diversey 7,786 6,862 6,889 4,715 6,851 11,306 11,072 10,512 11,961 12,534 12,445
77 Belmont 13,008 11,879 11,446 7,636 11,681 19,331 19,800 21,251 21,735 23,018 23,022
78 Montrose 4,933 4,597 4,484 2,560 4,536 7,633 7,468 7,727 7,454 8,932 9,734
79 79th 13,898 12,712 12,361 10,770 16,956 22,981 23,442 25,031 26,179 28,147 27,489
80 Irving Park 7,698 6,667 6,675 4,520 6,254 10,520 10,588 11,221 12,469 13,241 13,633
81 Lawrence 8,518 7,398 7,632 5,494 7,312 10,769 11,149 11,754 12,216 12,328 12,738
81W West Lawrence 1,378 1,193 953 705 951 1,613 1,743 1,660 1,705 1,652 1,714
82 Kimball/Homan 11,688 9,820 10,705 6,872 10,785 16,757 16,929 18,183 19,631 20,347 20,506
84 Peterson 2,620 2,226 2,294 1,375 2,134 3,822 3,529 3,847 4,051 4,282 4,233
85 Central 7,613 7,382 6,506 4,329 6,371 8,913 8,869 9,440 10,177 11,199 11,480
85A North Central 451 367 333 286 460 655 544 583 592 826 906
86 Narragansett/Ridgeland 1,806 1,661 1,441 612 1,440 2,630 2,358 2,758 2,547 3,083 3,136
87 87th 6,039 5,641 5,577 4,662 7,828 10,922 11,183 12,142 13,031 13,968 13,401
88 Higgins 830 892 784 482 668 1,167 1,344 1,376 1,411 1,243 1,380
90 Harlem 3,231 2,800 2,797 2,166 2,553 4,078 4,271 4,440 4,904 5,059 5,016
91 Austin 3,930 4,130 3,835 2,756 4,052 6,235 6,262 6,584 6,716 7,482 7,368
92 Foster 4,386 4,455 4,319 2,787 3,810 6,187 6,226 6,608 6,904 7,336 7,293
93 North California 3,238 2,983 2,602 1,507 2,174 3,471 3,260 3,414 3,562 3,717 3,670
94 South California 8,181 7,469 6,996 4,626 5,476 7,951 8,205 8,867 9,356 10,017 9,854
95 95th 3,547 3,220 2,899 2,524 3,767 5,488 5,358 5,511 - - -
96 Lunt 643 582 415 342 489 776 808 891 907 928 851
97 Skokie 2,141 1,887 1,613 1,347 1,713 2,853 2,824 2,907 3,078 3,173 3,208
100 Jeffery Manor Express 366 350 320 221 355 500 610 702 684 768 792
103 West 103rd 1,428 1,168 1,075 789 1,367 1,935 1,780 2,447 2,688 3,057 3,104
106 East 103rd 737 795 724 431 837 1,333 1,347 1,564 1,631 1,941 2,338
108 Halsted/95th 671 591 465 325 668 1,052 1,177 1,255 1,306 1,404 1,502
111 Pullman/111/115 1,879 1,733 1,635 1,258 2,023 3,214 3,200 3,634 3,927 4,340 4,121
111A Pullman Shuttle 210 163 154 157 178 166 181 174 182 211 189
112 Vincennes/111th 1,283 977 1,052 638 1,252 1,946 2,006 2,270 2,609 2,599 2,510
115 115th/Pullman 1,807 1,612 1,525 1,081 2,032 2,841 2,896 3,075 4,075 4,391 4,394
119 Michigan/119th 2,549 2,057 1,972 1,691 2,869 4,004 4,143 4,398 4,438 4,853 5,148
120 NW/Wacker Express 261 216 177 51 368 830 966 967 1,010 1,090 1,242
121 Union/Wacker Express 381 308 217 76 482 1,154 1,208 1,163 1,348 1,557 1,615
124 Navy Pier Express 841 763 513 174 481 1,050 1,002 1,018 960 889 1,056
125 Water Tower Express 569 456 343 143 684 1,180 1,236 1,274 1,372 1,633 1,665
126 Jackson 3,288 3,174 2,560 1,676 3,338 5,016 5,087 5,728 6,006 6,710 6,805
134 Stockton / Lasalle Express 1,453 1,137 720 170 1,369 2,931 2,850 2,980 3,150 3,311 3,336
135 Wilson/Lasalle Express 1,570 1,515 954 274 1,508 3,600 3,145 3,292 3,436 3,744 3,708
136 Sheridan/Lasalle Express 932 982 733 283 912 1,939 1,861 1,976 1,979 2,086 2,032
143 Stockton / Michigan Express 881 754 596 259 901 1,785 1,871 1,837 1,914 1,992 1,952
146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express 10,278 8,786 8,533 4,710 6,775 12,686 12,353 12,733 13,878 14,278 14,438
147 Outer Drive Express 8,752 7,819 8,127 4,907 6,777 11,370 11,524 11,970 12,920 13,926 13,418
148 Clarendon / Michigan Express 1,413 1,290 1,191 507 1,279 2,427 2,351 2,459 2,490 2,654 2,428
151 Sheridan 10,702 9,750 8,957 5,484 8,073 14,396 14,804 15,285 15,921 17,167 17,561
152 Addison 6,667 6,294 6,218 3,045 5,486 9,758 9,147 9,954 9,723 11,044 10,826
155 Devon 4,870 4,758 4,241 2,983 4,192 6,184 6,296 6,854 7,355 7,323 7,177
156 Lasalle 3,158 2,891 2,032 793 3,315 6,693 6,796 6,795 7,452 7,916 8,697
157 Streeterville 5,050 4,710 3,051 1,360 3,256 6,179 5,964 5,835 6,219 6,192 6,608
165 West 65th 164 184 176 86 120 196 160 108 114 107 106
169 69/UPS Express 102 75 94 101 36 149 123 187 197 208 203
171 Univ. of Chicago = Hyde Park 719 647 832 244 550 1,151 1,281 1,331 1,411 1,592 1,589
172 Univ. of Chicago = Kenwood 1,437 1,614 1,449 372 1,326 1,775 1,925 2,062 1,866 2,318 2,133
192 University of Chicago Hosp. Exp. 405 353 420 194 362 792 846 852 798 855 885
201 Central/Sherman 1,574 1,618 1,366 712 1,539 2,325 2,208 2,300 2,246 1,883 1,953
206 Evanston Circulator 364 424 352 88 342 602 628 763 891 950 872