TriMet ridership decline continues
TriMet’s ridership overall was down again in December.
There were 7.6 million trips taken on TriMet buses, MAX and WES during December, down 6.5 percent, compared with December 2008.
MAX ridership is up with the expansion of the new Green Line, but TriMet said the ongoing recession and double digit unemployment is still impacting other modes of travel.
Weekly trips on buses, MAX and Westside Express Service totaled 1,726,700, a 6.5 percent decline; weekday trips totaled 284,900, a 6.9 percent decline; weekend trips totaled 302,400, a 4.6 percent decline; and rush hour trips totaled 89,200, a 12.5 percent decline.
Weekly bus trips totaled 1,050,700, down 11.3 percent; weekday trips totaled 176,000, down 11.8 percent; weekend trips totaled 170,700, down 8.9 percent; and rush hour trips totaled 55,500, down 20.4 percent.
Weekly MAX trips totaled 670,600, a 1.4 percent increase; weekday trips totaled 107,800, a 1.3 percent increase; weekend trips totaled 131,700, a 1.7 percent increase; and rush hour trips totaled 32,600, a 0.9 percent increase.
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