Others titles
- CTA Ridership Numbers
- Chicago Transit Authority Data
Keywords
- Ridership
- CTA Ridership
- Bus Routes
- CTA Bus Routes
- CTA Daily Totals by Route
- Ridership Statistics
- CTA Data
- Chicago Transit Authority
CTA Ridership Bus Routes
This dataset shows the total daily ridership on a per-route basis dating back to 2001. Day types are W=Weekday, A=Saturday, U=Sunday/Holiday.
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Description
Ridership statistics are provided on a system-wide and bus route/station-level basis. Ridership is primarily counted as boardings, that is, customers boarding a transit vehicle (bus or rail). On the rail system, there is a distinction between station entries and total rides, or boardings.
On the rail system, a customer is counted as an “entry” each time he or she passes through a turnstile to enter a station. Customers are not counted as “entries” when they make a “cross-platform” transfer from one rail line to another, since they don’t pass through a turnstile. Where the number given for rail is in “boardings,” what’s presented is a statistically valid estimate of the actual number of boardings onto the rail system.
Boardings are recorded using the bus farebox and farecard reader. In the uncommon situation when there is an operating error with the farebox and the onboard systems cannot determine on which route a given trip’s boardings should be allocated, these boardings are tallied as Route 0 in some reports. Route 1001 are shuttle buses used for construction or other unforeseen events.
About this Dataset
Data Info
Date Created | 2011-08-06 |
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Last Modified | 2023-06-01 |
Version | 2023-06-01 |
Update Frequency |
Quarterly |
Temporal Coverage |
2001-2023 |
Spatial Coverage |
Chicago |
Source | John Snow Labs; Data City of Chicago; |
Source License URL | |
Source License Requirements |
N/A |
Source Citation |
N/A |
Keywords | Ridership, CTA Ridership, Bus Routes, CTA Bus Routes, CTA Daily Totals by Route, Ridership Statistics, CTA Data, Chicago Transit Authority |
Other Titles | CTA Ridership Numbers, Chicago Transit Authority Data |
Data Fields
Name | Description | Type | Constraints |
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Route_Number | Route number assigned by the Chicago Transit Authority | string | - |
Date | Date of Route on assigned route number | date | - |
Day_Code | Data are coded as "W" for Weekday, "A" for Saturday and "U" for Sunday/Holidays. | string | - |
Day_Description | Description of day code. Note that New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day are considered as "Sundays" for the purposes of ridership reporting. All other holidays are reported as the type of day they fall on. | string | - |
Rides | Number of rides | integer | level : Nominal |
Data Preview
Route Number | Date | Day Code | Day Description | Rides |
3 | 2001-01-01 | U | Sunday/Holidays | 7354 |
4 | 2001-01-01 | U | Sunday/Holidays | 9288 |
6 | 2001-01-01 | U | Sunday/Holidays | 6048 |
8 | 2001-01-01 | U | Sunday/Holidays | 6309 |
9 | 2001-01-01 | U | Sunday/Holidays | 11207 |
10 | 2001-01-01 | U | Sunday/Holidays | 385 |
11 | 2001-01-01 | U | Sunday/Holidays | 610 |
12 | 2001-01-01 | U | Sunday/Holidays | 3678 |
18 | 2001-01-01 | U | Sunday/Holidays | 375 |
20 | 2001-01-01 | U | Sunday/Holidays | 7096 |