I hate to say it, but I’m a little worried by trending data for Portland Streetcar.
Average weekday ridership is trending mostly flat for the A/B-Loops (Downtown to Eastside), while the NS is all over the place, trending down year over year (Nob Hill – Downtown – S Waterfront).
Meanwhile average weekend ridership is a bit all over the place while generally higher than weekday ridership. This is especially interesting when you factor in less frequent trains and shorter service hours on the weekends.
Total monthly ridership also sees the NS trending downward, the B-Loop slightly downward, and the A-Loop mostly flat. Same month ridership is also generally down.
I do think it’s worth noting though that May had a two-week disruption of service, which I think greatly contributed to the NS dropping significantly. Without the disruption in May, this year so far would be trending upwards very slightly. Year to year, the NS is down though.
Data sourced from TriMet: https://trimet.org/about/performance.htm
You can see my copy of it in Google Sheets: https://www.friendsofportlandstreetcar.org/streetcar-performance/
