Chicago Bus Route Daily Ridership Totals Since 2001

Daily ridership totals for Chicago bus routes, categorized by weekday, Saturday, and Sunday/holiday daytypes. The dataset provides public transit statistics from the City of Chicago, with records dating back to 2001.

Use Cases

• Analyze ridership trends by route and daytype (W, A, U) to optimize bus scheduling and resource allocation.
• Model daily ridership patterns for specific routes to forecast demand and plan service changes.
• Compare weekend/holiday (U) versus weekday (W) ridership volumes to understand commuting versus leisure travel behavior.

Strengths

• Long-term temporal coverage with data dating back to 2001.
• Data provided by the authoritative City of Chicago organization.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, RDF, and XML.

Limitations

• Sample data and column definitions are unavailable, limiting initial assessment of data structure.
• The dataset's size and total row count are unknown.
• License is unspecified, which may restrict commercial or derivative use.

Provenance

Source

City of Chicago

Time Range

Since 2001

Freshness

Last updated March 22, 2026.

Geography

Chicago, United States