Ridership is going down.

While the Washington region continues to grow, Metro ridership has been falling in recent years and is currently just below 2006 levels.

Change in metro area population and Metro ridership in the last decade

There were 712,843 weekday average boardings in Metro in 2015, versus the 750,431 peak of 2008. 2015 data includes Silver line. 2014 +14.7% 15% D.C. metro area population 10 5 Metro average weekday boardings 0 2006 2015 -0.1% There were 712,843 weekday average boardings in Metro in 2015, versus the 750,431 peak of 2008. 2014 +14.7% 15% D.C. metro area population 10 2015 -0.1% Includes Silver line data, opened in July 2014 5 Metro average weekday boardings 0 2015 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 There were 712,843 weekday average boardings in Metro in 2015, versus the 750,431 peak of 2008. 2014 +14.7% 15% D.C. metro area population 10 2015 -0.1% Includes Silver line data, opened in July 2014 5 Metro average weekday boardings 0 2015 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

The system has performance issues. WMATA’s target for on-time performance in 2015 was 91 percent.Only the Yellow Line met the goal. The overall result was only 84 percent. On-time performance by line in 2015 2015 average Month-by-month data On-time performance of Orange and Silver lines dropped below 60% in October 2015. Service disruptions are a daily concern for Metro riders. This is a list of problems important enough for Metro to release an alert in the last 24 hours:

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