The March 2012 METRO light rail ridership numbers are out and there were 1,221,772 boardings which continues the trend of easily passing the 1 million boardings per month. While January and February posted larger percentage gains over 2011, March was about 1/2 of a percentage point over the same month ( March ) of 2011. […]

The February 2012 METRO light rail ridership numbers are out and there were 1,139,153 boardings which continue the upward trend of a strong looking 2012. January 2012 began with an impressive 9.1% gain over January of 2011, February comes in with a 5.4% gain over the same month ( February ) from 2011. February 2012 […]

The January 2012 METRO light rail ridership numbers are back over the 1 million mark with 1,172,347 boardings marking the beginning of a strong looking year.January was another pretty impressive month for year over year growth with a 9.1% gain over January of 2011. January 2012 ridership numbers look like this: Total Boardings for January: […]

The December 2011 METRO light rail ridership numbers finished with 998,991 boardings marking just the third time in 2011 that “ridership” fell below the one million mark. Overall, another pretty impressive year for growth with 4.3% gains over 2010 boardings. December’s averages show lower weekday and weekend traffic from the previous month. Of course, a […]

The November 2011 METRO light rail ridership numbers couldn’t quite keep up with the record setting back to back months from September and October. November’s averages all took a hit with weekday and weekend traffic below falling below the previous month. At 1,075,956, November did keep the million + boardings per month total for the […]

The October 2011 METRO light rail ridership numbers came in at an impressive 1,258,711 topping last months record setting total. Yes, two record setting months, back to back.   October’s average weekend traffic was higher than the previous month but weekday traffic fell slightly.  October 2011 ridership numbers look like this: Total Boardings for October: 1,258,711 […]

Well, it’s starting to sound like a broken record but METRO continues to post increases in light rail ridership. Check this out: METRO ridership peaks again in October Breaking the record set in September 2011 PHOENIX, AZ — METRO light rail saw its highest ridership on record in September 2011, only to have the record […]

The September 2011 METRO light rail ridership numbers came in at an impressive 1,241,701 which was the systems best month yet in the nearly three years of operations.  METRO also saw its highest ridership day yet with 60,437 riders ( boardings? ) on Friday, Sept. 9. September’s average weekday boardings were more than 7,000 over […]

The August 2011 METRO light rail ridership numbers are back in the $1 million + range that had been away for a couple of months. Total ridership according to METRO came in at 1,124,074. ( not too shabby ) It would make sense to say that ASU students have a lot to do with this […]