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Ridership Statistics

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Bus - Directly Operated

  December 2009 December 2008 December 2007
Average Weekday Boardings 1,042,617 1,052,826 1,052,146
Average Saturday Boardings 684,432 729,180 775,277
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings 500,197 485,722 525,426
Total Calendar Month Boardings 28,176,287 28,507,495 28,071,861



Bus Contract

  December 2009* December 2008 December 2007
Average Weekday Boardings 38,306 37,004 40,935
Average Saturday Boardings 20,928 20,080 22,526
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings 14,366 14,468 14,988
Total Calendar Month Boardings 998,261 966,754 1,021,261

*Ridership estimates based on UFS as of August 2008.

Bus - Systemwide

  December 2009 December 2008 December 2007
Average Weekday Boardings 1,080,923 1,089,830 1,093,081
Average Saturday Boardings 705,360 749,259 797,803
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings 514,563 500,190 540,414
Total Calendar Month Boardings 29,174,548 29,474,249 29,093,122

Orange Line

  December 2009 December 2008 December 2007
Average Weekday Boardings 20,459 22,255 21,459
Average Saturday Boardings 12,660 13,498 13,008
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings 9,362 10,284 10,771
Total Calendar Month Boardings 547,537 595,016 558,843

View Graph - Trends in Bus Lines Average Weekday Boardings

Rail Ridership Estimates


Red Line
  December 2009 December 2008* December 2007*
Average Weekday Boardings 137,296 139,229 127,020
Average Saturday Boardings 80,492 83,800 84,190
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings 69,525 70,519 75,618
Total Calendar Month Boardings 3,690,113 3,750,841 3,415,072

* 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 estimates.

View Graph - Trends in Metro Red Line Average Weekday Boardings

Blue Line

  December 2009 December 2008* December 2007*
Average Weekday Boardings 70,765 72,010 68,843
Average Saturday Boardings 47,735 52,866 46,332
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings 42,295 44,504 41,657
Total Calendar Month Boardings 1,959,257 2,018,203 1,858,461

* 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 estimates.

View Graph - Trends in Metro Blue Line Average Weekday Boardings

Green Line

  December 2009 December 2008* December 2007*
Average Weekday Boardings 34,276 34,133 34,155
Average Saturday Boardings 17,456 18,715 19,027
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings 15,042 14,549 16,223
Total Calendar Month Boardings 899,114 898,529 875,573

* 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 estimates.

View Graph - Trends in Metro Green Line Average Weekday Boardings

Gold Line

  December 2009 December 2008 December 2007
Average Weekday Boardings 28,621 22,390 18,177
Average Saturday Boardings 19,330 14,381 11,608
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings 20,345 9,418 9,270
Total Calendar Month Boardings 808,704 597,202 477,212

View Graph - Trends in Metro Gold Line Average Weekday Boardings

Rail Systemwide Ridership Estimates


  December 2009 December 2008 December 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

270,959

267,762

248,196

Average Saturday Boardings

165,014

169,763

161,158

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

147,208

138,990

142,769

Total Calendar Month Boardings

7,357,187

7,264,774

6,626,317


View Graph - Trends in Metro Rail Systemwide Ridership Estimates

Systemwide Ridership Estimates


  December 2009* December 2008 December 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

1,351,881

1,379,847

1,362,736

Average Saturday Boardings

870,373

932,520

971,968

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

661,770

649,465

693,954

Total Calendar Month Boardings

36,531,735

37,334,039

36,278,282

*Contract Service Ridership estimates based on UFS.

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