TriMet ridership tops 100 million mark
Written by jrood
TriMet saw more than 100 million rides in Fiscal Year 2011, topping this number for the second time in its history; FY2009 was the first. MAX trips were up 7.5 percent or 41,200,200 since FY2010 and WES trips were up 21.2 percent or 370,800. For June 2011, TriMet monthly ridership totaled 8.7 million trips, up 2.2 percent from June 2010. Since FY2010, MAX weekly trips increased by 6.7 percent, weekday and rush hour trips by 6.6 percent and weekend trips increased by 6.8 percent. MAX Green Line weekday trips increased by 15.9 percent and its weekend trips increased by 6.8 percent. WES weekday/rush hour and weekly trips increased by 22.77 percent.
