South Cook News

Sedgwick station ridership increased by 14.9% in November of 2022 compared to the previous year, according to the Chicago Transportation Authority.

The CTA calculates ridership by counting the customers who board a transit vehicle (bus or rail).

LaSalle/Van Buren station saw the largest increase in ridership with a 39.9% rise.

Rail and bus traffic took a serious hit during the pandemic. The Metra, which provides service to many of Chicago's suburbs, saw a 97% decrease in ridership according to the Active Transportation Alliance. According to the Federal Transit Authority, Chicago's public transportation sector received $1.43 billion in bailout funds from the CARES act to combat the decrease in ridership.

While ridership hasn't returned to pre-pandemic levels, CTA's president Dorval R. Cart Jr. said weekday ridership has doubled since the initial shutdown and continues to increase.

Rank	Station	Ridership increase from 2021 to 2022 (%)
1	LaSalle/Van Buren	39.9
2	Quincy/Wells	35.8
3	Washington/Wells	32.5
4	Morgan	32.2
5	Montrose (Blue Line - O'Hare)	30.4
5	Kildare	30.4
7	Clinton (Blue Line - Forest Park)	30.3
8	Merchandise Mart	29.1
9	Halsted (Orange Line)	27.2
10	Ashland (Green Line - Lake Street)	26.5
11	Adams/Wabash	26.1
12	Monroe (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	24.6
13	State/Lake	24.5
14	Clinton (Green Line - Lake Street)	22.5
15	Chicago (Brown Line)	21
15	Jackson (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	21
15	Southport	21
18	Cermak	19.4
19	Central (Purple Line - Evanston)	18.2
20	Ridgeland	18
20	Rockwell	18
20	Rosemont	18
20	Midway Airport	18
24	Chicago (Blue Line - O'Hare)	17.4
24	Paulina	17.4
24	Harold Washington Library	17.4
27	Clark/Lake	16.9
28	Cumberland	16.8
29	Grand (Blue Line - O'Hare)	16.6
30	Western (Blue Line - O'Hare)	16.5
31	Wellington	16.2
31	Western (Orange Line)	16.2
33	Armitage	15.9
34	Kedzie (Pink Line)	15.5
35	LaSalle	15.2
36	Irving Park (Brown Line)	14.9
36	Sedgwick	14.9
38	Kostner	14.8
38	Francisco	14.8
40	Belmont (Blue Line - O'Hare)	14.7
41	Pulaski (Pink Line)	14.6
42	Oakton	14.5
43	95/Dan Ryan	14.4
44	Jefferson Park	14.3
44	Ashland (Orange Line)	14.3
46	California (Blue Line - O'Hare)	14.2
46	California (Green Line - Lake Street)	14.2
48	Roosevelt	14.1
48	Logan Square	14.1
50	UIC-Halsted	13.8
50	47th (Green Line - South Elevated)	13.8
50	Addison (Brown Line)	13.8
53	Oak Park (Green Line - Lake Street)	13.7
54	Central (Green Line - Lake Street)	13.3
55	54th/Cermak	13.2
56	Jarvis	12.9
56	Washington	12.9
56	43rd	12.9
59	Cicero (Pink Line)	12.8
60	Kedzie-Homan	12.6
61	Montrose (Brown Line)	12.5
62	Wilson	12.3
63	Diversey	12
63	Kedzie (Orange Line)	12
63	35th/Archer	12
63	Kimball	12
67	Division	11.4
67	Laramie	11.4
69	Austin (Blue Line - Forest Park)	11.3
70	Cermak-Chinatown	11.2
71	Granville	11.1
72	Dempster	11
72	Pulaski (Orange Line)	11
72	Western (Pink Line)	11
72	Austin (Green Line - Lake Street)	11
76	18th	10.2
77	California (Pink Line)	10.1
78	Howard	9.9
79	Western (Brown Line)	9.8
79	Washington/Wabash	9.8
81	O'Hare Airport	9.4
81	Harlem (Blue Line - O'Hare)	9.4
83	Oak Park (Blue Line - Forest Park)	8.8
84	Addison (Blue Line - O'Hare)	8.7
85	Lake	8.6
86	Damen (Brown Line)	8.3
87	Belmont (Red Line - North Side)	8.2
87	Damen (Blue Line - O'Hare)	8.2
87	Kedzie (Brown Line)	8.2
90	Argyle	8
90	Monroe (Red Line - State Street Subway)	8
90	Medical Center	8
90	51st	8
90	Halsted (Green Line - Ashland/63rd Branch)	8
90	Thorndale	8
90	Garfield (Green Line - South Elevated)	8
97	Fullerton	7.4
98	Polk	7.3
99	Linden	7.1
100	Western (Blue Line - Forest Park)	6.9
101	Sheridan	6.8
102	Damen (Pink Line)	6.5
103	87th	6.4
104	South Boulevard	5.3
105	Central Park	5.2
106	Harlem (Green Line - Lake Street)	5.1
107	Kedzie (Green Line - Lake Street)	5
107	North/Clybourn	5
107	Jackson (Red Line - State Street Subway)	5
107	Garfield (Red Line - Dan Ryan)	5
111	Irving Park (Blue Line - O'Hare)	4.4
112	Cicero (Blue Line - Forest Park)	4
112	Ashland/63rd	4
112	Addison (Red Line - North Side)	4
115	Dempster-Skokie	3.3
116	Chicago (Red Line - North Side)	3.2
117	Morse	2.8
118	Clark/Division	2.3
119	Bryn Mawr	2.1
120	35-Bronzeville-IIT	1.5
121	Loyola	1
121	Cicero (Green Line - Lake Street)	1
121	Grand (Red Line - North Side)	1
124	47th (Red Line - Dan Ryan)	0.3