2020 Posts

Fare Collection and Ridership Changes

September 23, 2020

While ridership remains far from normal, the return to fare collection provided a natural experiment for learning more about how the system is being used and how passengers respond to fares.

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COVID-19 and MBTA Ridership: Update 5

July 31, 2020

A summer 2020 update on ridership overall, with a particular focus on the work we are doing on the data and technology side to better capture bus ridership.

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Customer Satisfaction for Months of Reduced Service

April 16, 2020

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, many of our usual frequent riders have stopped taking the MBTA. As a result, until service and ridership have begun to return to normal, we will be reporting customer satisfaction differently.

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COVID-19 and MBTA Ridership: Part 4

April 15, 2020

Mid-April 2020 update about ridership in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19 and MBTA Ridership: Part 3

April 1, 2020

Early April 2020 update on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on MBTA ridership.

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COVID-19 and MBTA Ridership: Part 2

March 23, 2020

This post looks back at the week of 3/16/2020, when major changes in ridership due to the COVID-19 pandemic began to occur.

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COVID-19 and MBTA Ridership

March 16, 2020

An early look at changed to ridership due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as of March 19, 2020.

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