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Good Question Ridership

Good Question: How is ridership data collected? 

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| April 8, 2025

With thousands of people boarding buses and light rail trains every day, it’s reasonable to wonder just how we keep track of all those rides. On light rail and bus rapid transit lines where riders pay before boarding, the answer is Automatic [...]

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Annual transit ridership grows 16% as bus service expands  

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Posted by Drew Kerr | Feb. 13, 2024

Metro Transit provided nearly 45 million rides in 2023, a 16% increase from 2022 and the second consecutive year of growth following a pandemic-driven drop in ridership. Average weekday ridership was 136,893. The 2023 total includes more [...]

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Monthly ridership passes 4M, highest since early-2020 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | Oct. 30, 2023

More than 4.1 million rides were provided in September, the highest monthly ridership total since early 2020. Average weekday ridership was 133,995. Ridership is up more than 15% compared to the same time last year, with more than 33.1 [...]

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Ridership recovery continues in 2023 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | April 24, 2023

Here’s some encouraging news: Ridership has increased nearly 21% over last year. Nearly 10.2 million rides were provided through the end of the first quarter, continuing the gradual ridership recovery that began in late 2020. In March, there [...]

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Corridor ridership up 50% after D Line’s opening 

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| Jan. 7, 2023

When snow fell in December, Bloomington resident Laura Johnson hopped on a METRO D Line bus to reach her job as an administrative employee at Children's Hospital. “I like that I can close my eyes, listen to a podcast, and not stress about [...]

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