Metro Transit Ridership on Bus Routes, Trains Serving Fridley Tops 4M
Fridley trips on Northstar totaled 28,275 for the year.
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People took more than four million rides in 2011 on bus routes and the Northstar commuter rail line that serve Fridley, according to Metro Transit.
Overall Northstar ridership last year was down by 1 percent from 2010—primarily due to the freight-train derailment in Fridley that caused the line to in July 2011, the transit agency said in a press release.
Total ridership—including the Hiawatha Light Rail line—topped 80 million rides for only the second time in 30 years, General Manager Brian Lamb said, for a 3.5 percent increase over 2010.
Here are the 2011 ridership figures for bus routes serving Fridley and the Northstar:
2011 Ridership for MetroTransit Bus Routes Serving Fridley
| 10 | 59 | 801* | 824 | 852 | 854 | Total | |
| Jan | 189,473 | 14,721 | 4,005 | 3,300 | 23,118 | 14,188 | 248,805 |
| Feb | 187,342 | 14,431 | 3,079 | 3,004 | 22,509 | 13,736 | 244,101 |
| Mar | 220,564 | 16,684 | 6,606 | 3,700 | 26,137 | 16,176 | 289,867 |
| Apr | 203,200 | 13,837 | 6,291 | 3,566 | 26,326 | 15,214 | 268,434 |
| May | 214,459 | 15,761 | 6,388 | 3,004 | 24,644 | 14,449 | 278,705 |
| Jun | 219,664 | 16,317 | 6,931 | 3,183 | 23,914 | 15,010 | 285,019 |
| Jul | 215,255 | 14,610 | 5,877 | 2,646 | 21,563 | 12,859 | 272,810 |
| Aug | 235,452 | 17,323 | 8,107 | 3,154 | 26,549 | 14,828 | 305,413 |
| Sep | 229,183 | 16,603 | 7,164 | 3,096 | 29,006 | 14,899 | 299,951 |
| Oct | 232,576 | 16,796 | 6,695 | 3,296 | 28,836 | 15,037 | 303,236 |
| Nov | 217,167 | 16,485 | 5,867 | 3,315 | 26,146 | 14,346 | 283,326 |
| Dec | 218,737 | 15,984 | 6,683 | 3,247 | 23,078 | 13,235 | 280,964 |
| Total | 2,583,072 | 189,552 | 73,693 | 38,511 | 301,826 | 173,977 | 3,360,631 |
*MetroTransit doesn't operate Route 801 and has yet to confirm these figures for that route.
2011 Ridership for Northstar Commuter Rail
| Big Lake | Elk River | Anoka | Coon Rapids | Fridley | Mpls* |
Total | |
| Jan | 6,607 | 7,391 | 4,787 | 4,695 | 1,452 | 22,339 | 47,271 |
| Feb | 6,377 | 7,063 | 4,467 | 4,323 | 1,421 | 20,545 | 44,196 |
| Mar | 8,031 | 8,718 | 5,444 | 5,263 | 1,640 | 25,488 | 54,584 |
| Apr | 9,741 | 9,139 | 6,341 | 6,486 | 3,012 | 31,078 | 65,797 |
| May | 9,241 | 8,932 | 6,086 | 6,299 | 2,929 | 30,056 | 63,543 |
| Jun | 10,902 | 10,017 | 6,650 | 7,007 | 3,286 | 34,496 | 72,358 |
| Jul | 9,131 | 7,830 | 5,380 | 5,842 | 2,969 | 29,377 | 60,529 |
| Aug | 12,546 | 10,457 | 7,064 | 7,136 | 3,831 | 37,865 | 78,899 |
| Sep | 10,019 | 8,898 | 6,174 | 6,138 | 2,821 | 30,828 | 64,878 |
| Oct | 7,912 | 7,250 | 5,090 | 4,581 | 1,653 | 24,360 | 50,846 |
| Nov | 7,191 | 6,790 | 4,813 | 4,408 | 1,551 | 21,984 | 46,737 |
| Dec | 9,022 | 7,532 | 5,184 | 5,082 | 1,710 | 25258 | 53,788 |
| Total | 106,720 | 100,017 | 67,480 | 67,260 | 28,275 | 333,674 | 703,426 |
*Ridership figures in this column tally people departing Minneapolis.
Pam Reynolds
10:31 am on Thursday, January 19, 2012
Well that's one way to make Northstar look better---lump it in with the preferred and cheaper method of transit. Add in the Hiawatha lightrail to really boost numbers. Check the Fridley numbers alone. If it weren't for Twins games April through Sept. the numbers would tell the real story---$$$$train. Still not self supporting with subsidies at $21 per ride!!!