Ridership: October 2025

System-wide ridership for October 2025 decreased 3% or 21,911 unlinked trips per weekday from October 2024. Ridership is down by approximately 1,748 trips on Metro and 6,395 trips on Regional Rail.

Average daily ridership was 779,701 unlinked passenger trips across all modes. Up 2% from 761,879 trips in September 2025.

Bus ridership declined 3% or approximately 13,686 unlinked trips relative to this time last year. Weekend and weekday ridership declined at the same rate.

Ridership on the L, B, and M declined by approximately 1% which is a decrease of 1,684 average weekday trips despite the fare increase implemented on September 14, 2025. Ridership on the T, G, and D has remained the same compared to October 2024. T, G, and D ridership increased 5% on Saturdays and 6% on Sundays with the G experiencing the most growth. The D and T
experienced some service disruptions which impacted overall ridership.

Regional Rail ridership is down 7% or approximately 6,395 passenger trips relative to this time last year. Much of the ridership loss can be attributed to the SLIV FRA safety inspection mandate.

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