Spokane region Interstate 90 - Transit ridership
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Measures of public transit ridership on the I-90 corridor in the Spokane area
Transit ridership
WSDOT works with transit agencies in major urban areas throughout the state to collect data on the number of transit vehicles and passengers that pass specific points on select urban highway corridors, including the I-90 corridor in the Spokane region. WSDOT combines this data with its highway vehicle and person throughput data to produce the measures below. For more information on how WSDOT calculates vehicle and person throughput, see WSDOT's Handbook for Corridor Capacity Evaluation (PDF 5.9MB).
The chart below shows the average percentage of buses compared to all vehicles passing select points on the I-90 corridor in the Spokane region, and the average percentage of bus riders compared to all highway users passing those points. Use the drop-down menus in the chart to see how these percentages vary by location, time of day, direction of travel and year.
Source: WSDOT Public Transportation Office.
Note: Charts showing 0.0% may indicate smaller values (for example, 0.04%).
Multi-year trends
In 2022, transit ridership continued to increase compared to 2021, due to the ongoing recovery of traffic volume in the wake of COVID-19. However, transit ridership in 2022 was still lower than the pre-pandemic level.
In 2020, due to the statewide response to COVID-19, there was significant decrease in transit ridership compared to 2019.
Annual highlights
In 2022, transit ridership increased compared to 2021 across the board. In 2022, during the morning commute in the westbound direction, buses (0.2% of all vehicles) moved 1.6% of travelers on I-90 at Division Street.
During the evening commute in the eastbound direction, buses (0.1% of all vehicles) moved 1.3% of travelers on I-90 at Argonne/Mullan.
In 2021, bus ridership increased compared to the 2020 across the board. In 2021, during the morning commute in the westbound direction, buses (0.2% of all vehicles) moved 1.4% of travelers on I-90 at Division Street.
During the evening commute in the eastbound direction, buses (0.1% of all vehicles) moved 0.6% of travelers on I-90 at Argonne/Mullan.
In 2020, due to the statewide response to COVID-19 there was significant decrease in transit ridership compared to previous years. In 2020, during the westbound morning commute, buses (0.2% of all vehicles) moved 0.6% of travelers on I-90 at Division Street.
Similarly, during the eastbound evening commute, buses (0.1% of all vehicles) moved 0.4% of travelers on I-90 at Argonne/Mullan.
In 2019 during the westbound morning commute, buses (0.2% of all vehicles) moved 3.7% of travelers on I-90 at Division Street.
Similarly, during the eastbound evening commute, buses (0.1% of all vehicles) moved 1.7% of travelers on I-90 at Argonne/Mullan.
Transit ridership data was not collected for 2018 due to a pause in publication while WSDOT conducted an engagement process to inform the redesign of this dashboard. Following input from its transit agency partners, WSDOT switched from commute-level transit ridership measures to analyzing transit ridership at select locations along urban highway corridors, including the I-90 corridor in Spokane. This change helped to streamline the collaboration process.