In 2016, Seattle area's Sound Transit saw a 23.1 percent system-wide increase over 2015, with nearly 43 million people riding Sound Transit trains and buses. With new stations serving Capitol Hill, the University of Washington and Angle Lake, Link light rail ridership rose 65.8 percent.
“It is encouraging to see such dramatic increases in ridership,” said Board Chair and Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers. “Every time someone chooses Link, Sounder or ST Express, they are helping our region’s economy and the environment. As we expand the regional rail network in the years ahead we will enable more and more people to climb aboard.”
In the fourth quarter of 2016, average weekday ridership increased 27.9 percent over the same period in 2015, with light rail weekday ridership growing 83.8 percent.