Spokane region Interstate 90 - Transit ridership
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Measures of public transit ridership on I-90 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 I-90 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, refer to 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 I-90 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%).
Performance highlights
In 2023, transit ridership decreased slightly across the board compared to 2022. In 2023, during the morning commute in the westbound direction, buses (0.2% of all vehicles) moved 0.7% of travelers on I-90 at Division Street.
During the evening commute in the eastbound direction, buses (0.1% of all vehicles) moved 0.1% of travelers on I-90 at Argonne/Mullan.
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.