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Ridership

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 [...]

D Line Ridership

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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Ridership growing as more people return to office, cost of driving rises 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | June 17, 2022

Ridership has steadily risen since falling at the end of last year amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. In May, average weekday ridership reached nearly 120,000, approaching the previous COVID-era highwater mark of 124,000 average weekday rides [...]

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