Montgomery County commuters have been returning to the Metro subway system in force in recent months, according to the latest data from WMATA, the D.C.-area transportation authority that operates it. Ridership in January 2023, the most recent month for which data has been made public, was up 94.6% over January 2022. Pandemic-era data released by Google in 2020-2022 had shown much weaker ridership, and a turtle-like pace of increasing return to the system after the initial lockdown of 2020.
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| A Red Line train approaches the Rockville station |
The biggest surges, 296.6% at Shady Grove and 263.6% at Rockville, may have had more to do with maintenance-related closures at those stops over the last two years. Grosvenor-Strathmore was the next-highest, with an increase of 140.5%. Twinbrook had the smallest increase at 8.7%. WMATA's numbers are based upon the number of entries and exits recorded at each station, so they do not count gate jumpers, only paying customers.
And crime on WMATA is 94.7!%
ReplyDeleteI'm not suprised that ridership has rebounded so strongly. We have a great transport system around here. I can ride to National airport for $10 in less than an hour after taking the Circulator and transfering trains once. Clean and safe.
ReplyDeleteHow much is a subway token in NYC these days?
DeleteOnce the south entrance to the Bethesda Metro station, the Purple Line, the CCT extends to Silver Spring, the new 425 space, two story high underground bike parking deck are all open under the Elm, I expect we will see very large increases in the use of mass transit in Bethesda.
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