November 2015 Sound Transit Ridership Report: Link up 13%
by Matthew Johnson from Seattle Transit Blog on (#116ND)
Link's weekdway ridership was up an impressive 13% in November. It's looking like Link will finish up the year with around 8% growth. This is especially impressive when you consider that 2014 saw growth of 14.2%.
November's Link Weekday/Saturday/Sunday average boardings were 35,420 / 22,522 / 23,852, growth of 13.2%, 2.1%, and 9.6% respectively over November 2014. Sounder's weekday boardings were up 11.4% with ridership increasing 17% on the North line and 11% on the South. Tacoma Link's weekday ridership decreased -0.1% with overall ridership up 1.4%. Weekday ST Express ridership was up .3%. System wide weekday boardings were up 5.3%, and all boardings were up 7.4%. The complete November Ridership Summary is here.
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