Milwaukee’s streetcar system, The Hop, recorded 49,573 rides in August 2024. That works out to an average of 1,599 rides per day. August 2024 ridership was up slightly from August 2023, when 47,552 rides were recorded.
The Hop recorded 63,383 trips in July 2024—the highest monthly ridership of the year. That number was down slightly from previous Julys, however, thanks to low ridership during the Republican National Convention.
Prepare to argue.
How does The Hop count its rides? According to The Hop’s website:
The Hop streetcars are equipped with Automatic Passenger Counter (APC) equipment to record actual boarding data. Each door on the vehicle is equipped with three sensors that emit a beam of infrared light. Each time the beam is broken the APC system records it as a passenger. The three sensors are spaced so that the order in which the beams are broken determines if a passenger is boarding or exiting—only the boarding totals are included in the final ridership counts. APC systems are becoming standard equipment in the transit industry.
So yeah, that’s it. The Hop recorded 49,573 rides in August 2024. They just added the number to their website, so we thought we’d let you know. That’s it! Enjoy arguing! And never get involved in a land war in Asia!
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