April 2015 Sound Transit Ridership Report – Runnin’ Wild

Last month I asked if Link was pulling out of it's late 2014 ridership growth slow down. While it hasn't returned to the insane 15+% gains of last year, it does appear to have bounced back to more than healthy levels. Throw out the February numbers (unusually low due to the Seahawks' parade inflating 2014's numbers) and Link's ridership is averaging 9.2% growth for the year. That itself is pretty remarkable when you consider it's following on the heels of 13.4% growth for the same three months (January, March and April) last year.

April's Link Weekday/Saturday/Sunday average boardings were 34,034 / 24,777 / 19,603, growth of 9.5%, 3.7%, and 13.3% respectively over April 2014. Sounder's weekday boardings were up 6.1% with ridership increasing on both lines. Tacoma Link's weekday ridership increased 2.1%. Weekday ST Express ridership was up 5.8%. System wide weekday boardings were up 6.8%, and all boardings were up 6.7%. The complete April Ridership Summary is here.

My charts below the fold.