COVID-19 and MBTA Ridership: Update 5
A summer 2020 update on ridership overall, with a particular focus on the work we are doing on the data and technology side to better capture bus ridership.
Category: Ridership
COVID-19 and MBTA Ridership: Part 4
Mid-April 2020 update about ridership in the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 and MBTA Ridership: Part 3
Early April 2020 update on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on MBTA ridership.
COVID-19 and MBTA Ridership: Part 2
This post looks back at the week of 3/16/2020, when major changes in ridership due to the COVID-19 pandemic began to occur.
COVID-19 and MBTA Ridership
An early look at changed to ridership due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as of March 19, 2020.
Red Line Derailment: The Ridership Response
After the unfortunate derailment on the Red Line in June 2019 that drastically affected service throughout the summer, we visualized how ridership on the line had been impacted.
Impact of Reopening Quincy Adams Station Entrance at Independence Avenue
On Monday, December 3, 2018, the walkway that links Independence Avenue in Quincy to the Red Line’s Quincy Adams Station reopened, allowing for the adjacent neighborhood to have an easier and more direct access point to the station.
Ridership and the National Transit Database
This article analyzes the changes in ridership from fiscal year 14-15.
Ridership on the Dashboard and the National Transit Database
This post will discuss the methods we use to count riders and trips, and to estimate those we can't directly count. We will also discuss some of our future plans for improving these estimates and our reporting.
Location, Location, Location: A Neighborhood-Level Analysis Ridership Report
In the last five years, the MBTA and other large transit agencies across the country have seen drops in their ridership, especially on buses and during off-peak times. This is counter to historical trends; given increased population and economic growth in Boston, we would typically expect ridership to increase.