Bus lines with the greatest number of rides included the Ashland, 79th, Western, Chicago and Belmont lines, which all had at least 7 million rides each. The Soldier Field Express and Pullman Shuttle lines saw the greatest increases since 2014, and were up 44.8 and 22.3 percent in ridership, respectively. Ridership for the Goose Island Express line dropped 20 percent, while the number of rides on the North Central line dropped 17.8 percent, according to ridership data.