Rosy ridership numbers for Chicago
Chicago's transit authority had a very good year in 2005, posting a 4.5 percent ridership gain:
The L system -- which benefitted from the return of more frequent service on the Blue Line's rehabbed 54th/Cermak Branch -- posted 186.8 million boardings (155 million station entries and 31.8 million transfers).
And the bus system provided 303.2 million rides, 9.2 million more than in 2004. The CTA's increase in rides since 1997 alone amounts to more than half Metra's total ridership and more than all the rides Pace provided in 2004, officials said.
Nice. It's a nationwide trend, too:
according to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), national transit ridership increased 3.3 percent during third quarter 2005 over the same period in 2004.
According to the Census, the U.S. population increased by 0.9 percent, which means a net gain for transit.
...If only that translated into a net gain for our site traffic.
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