Sound Transit ridership increased by 45.2K, or 1.3%, compared to December of last year. Average weekday boardings increased on all modes with the exception of Tacoma Link.
ST Express ridership increased by 19.9K, or 1.5% during the month of December. Average weekday boardings increased compared to the same period last year by 1.0% driven by ridership gains in the SR 520 corridor.
Sounder ridership increased slightly by 1.0K, or 0.3%, compared to December 2017. Average weekday boardings on Sounder increased overall by 7.8% compared to the same period last year driven by growth on the South line.
Tacoma Link ridership decreased by 6.3K, or 8.9%, during the month of December. Average weekday boardings were down by 4.9%. Ridership on Tacoma Link, although still below last year, has improved since October due to the reopening of the Tacoma Dome in mid-October after undergoing renovations over the summer.
Link ridership increased by 30.1K, or 1.7%, compared to the same period last year. Average weekday, Saturday and Sunday boardings increased by 1.0%, 6.5%, and 1.4%, respectively.
Paratransit services increased by 11.7% compared to December 2017. The increase in paratransit ridership is attributed to the increased demand to access the Link system.