Council Report: S 10/2020

Subject: Transit Windsor Ridership Statistics as at December 31, 2019 City Wide

Reference:

• Date to Council: February 19, 2020
• Author: Stephan Habrun
• Manager of Operations
• 519-944-4141 ext 2226
• shabrun@citywindsor.ca
• Transit Windsor
• Report Date: January 27, 2020
• Clerk's File #: MT/13708

To: Mayor and Members of City Council

Recommendation:

That the Environment, Transportation and Public Safety Standing Committee, sitting as the Transit Windsor Board of Directors RECEIVE FOR INFORMATION the year to date ridership information as of December 31, 2019.

Executive Summary:

N/A.

Background:

Transit Windsor collects ridership data on a monthly basis from the electronic fareboxes. Administration continually monitors ridership trends for various purposes such as service changes and budgetary implications, as well as reporting statistics to the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) and the Ministry of Ontario for Gas Tax funding.

Discussion:

The year to date ridership, as of December 31, 2019, is 8,430,750 compared to 8,182,290 for the year ending December 31, 2018. This represents an increase of 248,460 or 3% in one-way rides. This percentage increase is on par with the industry trend where most transit properties are seeing an average increase of 2% in annual ridership. The chart below indicates ridership categories and the changes in each ridership group.