Chicago Regional Transit Ridership Hits Post-Pandemic High

https://www.metro-magazine.com/10235140/chicago-regional-transit-ridership-hits-post-pandemic-high

created by Generalaverage89 on 03/02/2025 at 13:45 UTC

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Comment by Vivid_Fox9683 at 03/02/2025 at 13:52 UTC

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Post pandemic high, but how far down is it from previous highs?

Also would like to see revenue change now that it's so much cheaper

Comment by sourdoughcultist at 03/02/2025 at 15:12 UTC

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Curious to see if they change their schedules more to accommodate more people going to the city on weekends + fewer weekday commuters.

Comment by Y0___0Y at 03/02/2025 at 17:04 UTC

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And the its pandemic funding runs out next year…

Comment by ThrowRAnadanada at 03/02/2025 at 19:08 UTC

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This is awesome news!

Comment by Automatic-Street5270 at 03/02/2025 at 20:26 UTC

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all mostly good news.. was hoping we would hit 70% recovery for CTA this past year, we came close.

Fix the damn slow zones and that will help a lot now that frequency is at pre pandemic levels. I also think once all the stations open up on the red/purple line improvement areas, that should help some too.

What should the goal be for 2025? 75%?

Comment by Automatic-Street5270 at 03/02/2025 at 20:31 UTC

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We really need an announcement from the state that funds will be diverted from roads and given toward transit in the chicagoland area. It will only BENEFIT the state overall