The data raises optimism after huge drops in fare revenue along with a train shortage.
Despite outpacing rider projections, Metro leaders expect to face a nearly $500 million shortfall in operating funds starting next summer, when more than $2 billion in federal coronavirus relief that made up for lost fare revenue will start to run out. Increases in riders will shrink that budget projection, but not erase it until the system returns to ridership levels before the pandemic, something the agency does not expect until at least 2024.
stagnant months of ridership for much of the pandemic, the numbers are far from pre-pandemic levels. Two years earlier during the nine-month period ending in March 2020, when.“These numbers are encouraging and welcome news for our regional mobility and economy,” Metro Board Chairman Paul Smedberg said in a statement.
“As the region transitions out of the pandemic and our services continue to improve this summer, we expect more residents and visitors will choose Metro,” transit agency General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld said in a statement.The increase in riders has led to more complaints on social media about crowded trains, particularly during the morning and afternoon rush. Metro is in its seventh month of a train shortage after the removal of nearly 750 of its 7000-series trains from service.
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