Phoenix, AZ (Aug. 7, 2009) An increase of 15 percent over the previous year is a good thing when talking about bus and light rail ridership. Transit ridership, which is measured annually from July to June, indicates that more than 71 million passengers boarded a Valley Metro bus or light rail train to get to […]
Metro Light Rail Ridership numbers for June 09’
PHOENIX — METRO ridership totaled 815,566 boardings in June 2009. The average weekday ridership was 29,469, average Saturday ridership was 24,372 and average Sunday and holiday ridership was 17,440. Below is a glance at METRO’s ridership over the course of the first six months of operation: Average Weekday ridership numbers: 30,617 January 35,277 February 34,376 […]
Use it or lose it – Time to pay attention
Without a doubt, the first weekend of our extended light rail hours was a huge success. But, that was easy. First Fridays and the fourth of July always expect to see large crowds of people utilizing the system. As we past our first non holiday weekend without any major events, many people are wondering how […]
Metro Light Rail ridership numbers – May 2009
METRO May ridership PHOENIX — METRO ridership totaled 928,259 boardings in May 2009. The average weekday ridership was 33,553, average Saturday ridership was 27,176 and average Sunday and holiday ridership was 20,219. In April, METRO exceeded one million riders with 1,044,135 total boardings, resulting in an average weekday ridership of 37,386, average Saturday ridership of […]
Metro light rail ridership numbers for April 09′ top 1 million
For immediate release May 18, 2009 PHOENIX — METRO exceeded one million riders in April with 1,044,135 total boardings. “This is a significant milestone for a transit agency,” said METRO CEO Rick Simonetta. “We’re sincerely appreciative of our riders for making light rail a part of their lives.” To put the spotlight on the millions […]
Metro Light Rail Ridership numbers for March 09 highest yet
For immediate release April 13, 2009 METRO ridership in March tops previous months PHOENIX — For March 2009, METRO ridership totals 972,962 boardings – the highest monthly total since the system’s opening. The average weekday ridership is 34,376, average Saturday ridership is 28,537 and average Sunday and holiday ridership is 20,508. In February, METRO ridership […]
Metro light rail ridership numbers for February 09’
March 12, 2009 METRO ridership continues positive in February PHOENIX — For February 2009, METRO ridership totals 908,052 boardings, resulting in an average weekday ridership of 35,277, average Saturday ridership of 31,417 and average Sunday and holiday ridership of 19,212. In January, METRO ridership totaled 911,883 boardings, resulting in an average weekday ridership of 30,617, […]
Metro ridership numbers strong, fare collection needs education
At yesterday's transportation committee meeting, I had an opportunity to talk light rail with a couple of people that really know their stuff when it comes to transportation in the valley. This months meeting was actually a joint meeting with a "government relations" committee so we spoke very little of transit as an "official" topic but […]
METRO Ridership Off To A Positive Start
For January 2009, METRO ridership totals 911,883 boardings, resulting in an average weekday ridership of 30,617, average Saturday ridership of 31,331 and average Sunday and holiday ridership of 23,815. "We are delighted with the community's response to the system and their turn out. We hope to see this success continue with more and […]
Light Rail ridership numbers expected to be strong – Will it last?
Yesterday's joint Government Relations and Transportation committees meeting at the Tempe Chamber of Commerce was very interesting and very informative. The main agenda item was commuter rail which was presented by Mayor Hugh Hallman. Mayor Hallman has an obvious grasp on this subject and there was a lot of interesting discussion, but, let's face it… he's a politician, […]