Phoenix Light Rail Ridership Numbers for August 2010

Posted on 07. Sep, 2010 by Tony Arranaga in News

METRO Light Rail served 150,000 more riders in August 2010 than the previous August, according to information on METRO’s website. The increase is 16% more than August ’09 and their Twitter feed also reveals that the system ‘reached 40,000+ daily totals last 2 weeks, likely due to students returning.’  The average Saturday ridership was 26,460 compared to 22,575 in August 2009, and on Sunday it was 16,579  compared to 14,823 in the same month last year. A complete chart with the numbers can be found here.

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ast 2 wks, poss bc of new school yr n August ’10, METRO served 150K, 16% MORE than August ’09. Reached 40,000+ daily totals last 2 wks, poss bc of new school yr

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