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Ridership Statistics

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Bus - Directly

 

May 2009

May 2008

May 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

1,151,153

1,214,945

1,261,580

Average Saturday Boardings

753,203

803,485

842,460

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

537,161

565,615

604,352

Total Calendar Month Boardings

30,012,041

32,359,345

34,146,360

Bus Contract

 

May 2009*

May 2008

May 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

43,485

46,036

52,099

Average Saturday Boardings

23,697

25,485

22,121

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

16,366

14,256

17,868

Total Calendar Month Boardings

1,086,378

1,165,465

1,324,007

Bus - Systemwide

 

May 2009

May 2008

May 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

1,194,638

1,260,981

1,313,679

Average Saturday Boardings

776,900

828,970

864,581

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

553,527

579,871

622,220

Total Calendar Month Boardings

31,098,419

33,524,810

35,470,367

View Graph - Trends in Bus Lines Average Weekday Boardings

Orange Line

 

May 2009

May 2008

May 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

22,045

24,451

23,826

Average Saturday Boardings

13,360

14,066

13,630

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

9,960

11,153

10,481

Total Calendar Month Boardings

567,460

639,563

631,087

View Graph - Trends in Metro Orange Line Average Weekday Boardings

Rail Ridership Estimates


Red Line

 

May 2009

May 2008*

May 2007*

Average Weekday Boardings

154,355

141,659

128,087

Average Saturday Boardings

98,288

93,963

86,170

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

84,580

76,241

72,721

Total Calendar Month Boardings

4,086,012

3,825,866

3,526,205

* Beginning in December 2007, data received from newly installed Ticket Vending Machines on the Red, Green, and Blue Lines made it possible to begin calculating ridership with much greater accuracy than previously. As a result, it is difficult to find meaning in comparing ridership estimates made prior to that time with the current and extremely accurate estimat.
View Graph - Trends in Metro Red Line Average Weekday Boardings

Blue Line

 

May 2009

May 2008*

May 2007*

Average Weekday Boardings

80,175

79,291

75,032

Average Saturday Boardings

60,359

51,846

54,901

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

55,693

43,244

41,818

Total Calendar Month Boardings

2,239,451

2,140,559

2,079,398

Green Line

 

May 2009

May 2008*

May 2007*

Average Weekday Boardings

38,301

39,173

39,785

Average Saturday Boardings

21,910

23,622

22,546

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

18,318

17,984

18,309

Total Calendar Month Boardings

985,481

1,030,664

1,056,993

Gold Line

 

May 2009

May 2008

May 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

24,550

23,141

19,093

Average Saturday Boardings

15,696

15,931

13,238

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

13,744

12,568

11,316

Total Calendar Month Boardings

651,949

628,451

529,577

Rail Systemwide Ridership Estimates

 

May 2009

May 2008

May 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

297,381

283,264

261,997

Average Saturday Boardings

196,254

185,363

176,856

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

172,334

150,037

144,165

Total Calendar Month Boardings

7,962,894

7,625,541

7,192,172

View Graph - Trends in Metro Rail Systemwide Ridership Estimates

Systemwide Ridership Estimates

 

May 2009*

May 2008

May 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

1,514,064

1,568,696

1,599,502

Average Saturday Boardings

986,513

1,028,399

1,055,067

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

735,821

741,061

776,865

Total Calendar Month Boardings

39,628,773

41,789,913

43,293,627