System-wide ridership for February 2026 decreased 2% or by 11,862 unlinked trips per weekday from February 2025. It’s important to remember that February 2025 experienced a bump in ridership thanks to the Eagles Super Bowl parade. Ridership in February 2025 increased 8% from February 2024. On average there were 55,634 more trips per day in February 2025 compared to February 2024.
Average daily ridership was 742,075 unlinked passenger trips across all modes which is 4% higher than January 2026.
Weekday ridership dropped to 158,721 on February 23, 2026 due to Winter Storm Hernando. Ridership was also lower on February 16 due to President’s Day and February 17 due to the Lunar New Year and Philadelphia public schools being closed.
Average daily ridership was 742,075 unlinked passenger trips across all modes which is 4% higher than January 2026.
Bus ridership decreased by .5% or 1,923 unlinked trips per weekday compared to this time last year. Extremely cold temperatures during the first half of February 2026 and a major winter storm during the final week of the month likely contributed to the ridership drop off. Saturday ridership increased by 2% and Sunday ridership declined by 6%. Winter Storm Hernando started on Sunday, February 22.
The five routes with the strongest year over year growth by total number of trips include Route 40, Route 2, Route 63, Route 70, and Route 29.
Metro ridership increased by approximately 2% or 5,556 trips relative to this time last year. This is primarily driven by a 4% increase or 8,988 average weekday trips on the B, L, and M. Trolley ridership continues to recover from the tunnel closure.
Regional Rail ridership declined by 18% or 15,697 trips per day relative to this time last year. But again February 2025 was high thanks to the parade and ridership in 2026 was impacted by the major winter storm and two holidays.