| S (now 100) Route at Adrienne Arsht Center Metromover station | |
| Parent | Miami-Dade County |
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| Founded | August 2, 1960 |
| Headquarters | Overtown Transit Village |
| Locale | Miami, Florida |
| Service area | Greater Miami, Broward, and Monroe Counties |
| Service type | |
| Alliance | Broward County Transit |
| Routes | 95 |
| Stops | over 8,000 |
| Fleet | 800+ buses: |
| Daily ridership | 177,600 (weekdays, Q3 2025) [1] |
| Annual ridership | 61,074,800 (2024) [2] |
| Fuel type |
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| Operator | Miami-Dade Transit |
| Website | miamidade |
The Metrobus network is a bus system in Miami-Dade County, Florida, operated by Miami-Dade Transit. It consists of 95 routes connecting most points in the county and part of southern Broward County as well. As of 2024, the system has 61,074,800 rides per year, or about 177,600 per day in the third quarter of 2025.
Seven routes operate around the clock: Routes 3, 11, 27, 77, 79 (No 24-hour service to Hialeah, all trips terminate at Northside Station), 100 and 602. Routes 246 Night Owl & Route 500 Midnight Owl operate from midnight to 5 am. Other routes operate from 4:30 am to 1:30 am. All Metrobuses are wheelchair accessible, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and equipped with Bicycle racks.
Bus route 301 (Dade-Monroe Express) extends into Monroe County, reaching Marathon, where a transfer is available to a Key West Transit bus proceeding further into the Keys. With the appropriate bus transfers, one can travel all the way from Key West to Sebastian entirely on public-transit buses. Metrobus has many connections to Metrorail and Metromover, also operated by Miami-Dade Transit, mainly in the city of Miami.
Bus ridership has reached as high as 293,000 daily, [3] but is generally around a quarter million. It reached a high during the real estate bubble of the 2000s, then declined during the bad economy amid service cuts during the Great Recession, before rising again in the 2010s. From 2015 into 2016, bus ridership fell sharply, down to a low of 195,000 daily in June 2016, [4] amid the lowest gas prices in over a decade, despite a locally strong economy and steady population gain. This during a time when much effort was going into enhancements, such as an air-conditioned bus shelter, mobile ticketing, and new rolling stock, including electric buses. [5] Part of the problem is that buses, unlike other transit alternatives, are not exempt from the increasing traffic present. [6] Nationally, bus ridership fell while rail ridership increased slightly in 2015. [7]
The system has 95 routes with 8,860 stations, some of which run 24 hours. The services are divided into categories of local, circulator, limited-stop (MAX), express, and Metro Express. [8]
Route information effective as of October 27, 2025.
| Route Name | Terminal 1 | Terminal 2 | via | notes |
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| 2 | Downtown Southwest 1st Avenue & 1st Street | Little River/El Portal Northeast 84th Street & Northeast 2nd Avenue | Northwest 2nd Avenue | |
| 3 Biscayne Local | Downtown Downtown Metrobus Terminal | Aventura Aventura Mall | Biscayne Boulevard |
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| 7 | Downtown Northeast 1st Avenue & 4th Street | Sweetwater Dolphin Mall | Northwest 7th Street, Fontainebleau Boulevard | |
| 7A | Miami Intermodal Center | Northwest 7th Street |
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| 8 | Brickell Brickell station | West End Southwest 26th Street & 147th Avenue | Southwest 8th Street (Tamiami Trail), Southwest 26th Street/Coral Way |
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| University Park FIU Maidique Bus Terminal | Southwest 7th/8th Streets (Tamiami Trail) |
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| Westchester Southwest 82nd Avenue & Southwest 8th Street |
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| 9 | Downtown Downtown Bus Terminal | Aventura Aventura Mall | Northeast 2nd Avenue, Northeast 12th Avenue, Miami Gardens Drive |
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| 9A | Northeast 2nd Avenue, Northeast 6th Avenue, Biscayne Boulevard | |||
| 11 Flagler Local | Downtown Downtown Bus Terminal | University Park FIU Maidique Bus Terminal | Southwest 1st Street (EB), Flagler Street |
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| 12 | Gladeview Northside station | Coconut Grove Mercy Hospital | Northwest/Southwest 12th Avenue |
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| 14 | Downtown Omni Terminal/Arsht Metromover station | Nautilus Mt. Sinai Medical Center | MacArthur Causeway, Lincoln Road, Collins Avenue | |
| 15 | City Center Park Avenue & 22nd Street | Venetian Causeway, 17th Street | ||
| 16 | Upper Eastside Northeast 5th Avenue and 81st Street | North Miami Beach The Mall at 163rd Street | Northeast 6th Avenue, Northeast 16th Avenue |
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| 17 | The Roads Vizcaya station | North Miami Beach The Mall at 163rd Street | Northwest 17th Avenue, Northwest 22nd Avenue |
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| 17A | Gladeview Northside station | Northwest 17th Avenue | ||
| 20 | City Center Washington Avenue and 17th Street | Miami Intermodal Center | Alton Road, MacArthur Causeway, Northwest 20th Street |
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| 21 | Downtown Downtown Metrobus Terminal | Gladeview Northside station | Northwest 12th Avenue |
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| 22 | Coconut Grove Coconut Grove station | Westview Miami-Dade College North | Southwest/Northwest 22nd Avenue | |
| 24 Coral Way Limited | Brickell Brickell station | University Park FIU Maidique Bus Terminal | Coral Way |
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| 25 | Westview Miami-Dade College North | North Miami Northeast 12th Avenue & Northeast 137th Street | Northwest 125th Street |
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| 26 | Brickell Brickell station | Key Biscayne Crandon Boulevard and Arthur Lamb Jr. Road (Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park) | Rickenbacker Causeway/Crandon Boulevard | |
| 27 | Miami Gardens Northwest 207th Street & 27th Avenue | Coconut Grove Coconut Grove station | Southwest/Northwest 27th Avenue |
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| 27A | Southwest/Northwest 27th Avenue, Northwest 37th Avenue | |||
| 32 | Downtown Omni Terminal/Arsht Metromover station | Miami Gardens Northwest 47th Avenue & 199th Street | Northwest 20th Street, Northwest 32nd Avenue, Northwest 47th Avenue |
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| 35 | Cutler Bay Southwest 102nd Avenue & 211th Street (Southland Mall) | Southwest 112th Avenue, Moody Drive/Southwest 268th Street, Campbell Drive/Southwest 312th Street | ||
| 36 | Doral Northwest 53rd Street & 87th Avenue | City Center Lincoln Road & Washington Avenue | Northwest 36th Street, Julia Tuttle Causeway, Collins Avenue |
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| 36A | Miami Intermodal Center | |||
| 37 | Miami Intermodal Center | Coral Way Douglas Road station | Northwest/Southwest 37th Avenue |
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| Country Club/Carol City Red Road Transit Hub | South Miami South Miami station | Palm Avenue, Northwest/Southwest 37th Avenue, Southwest 72nd Street (Sunset Drive) | ||
| 40 | Coral Way Douglas Road station | Kendall West Southwest 152nd Avenue and 42nd Street | Bird Road (Southwest 40th/42nd Streets) | |
| 42 | Coral Way Douglas Road station | Opa-locka Opa-locka station | Northwest/Southwest 42nd Avenue (Le Jeune Road) |
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| 52 | Kendall Coral Reef Drive station (Southwest 152nd Street Transitway station) | Cutler Bay Community Health of South Florida-Doris Ison Health Center | Southwest 112th Avenue | |
| South Miami Heights/Cutler Bay Caribbean Boulevard station (Southwest 200th Street Transitway station) |
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| 54 | Upper Eastside Northeast 61st Street and 4th Court | Palm Springs North Northwest 186th Street and 87th Avenue | Northwest 54th Street, Northwest 82nd Avenue |
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| Hialeah Gardens Northwest 87th Court and 114th Street | Northwest 54th Street |
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| 56 | Riviera University station | Kendall West Southwest 56th Street and 152nd Avenue | Miller Road (Southwest 56th Street) |
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| 57 | Miami Intermodal Center | Southwest 42nd Avenue (Le Jeune Road) |
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| 62 | Upper Eastside Northeast 61st Street and Biscayne Boulevard | Hialeah West 3rd Street and Palm Avenue | Northwest 62nd Street | |
| Gladeview Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza station |
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| 70 | Cutler Bay Southwest 102nd Avenue & 211th Street (Southland Mall) | Florida City Southwest 344th Street Park & Ride | Southwest 112th Avenue, Southwest 248th Street, Dixie Highway | |
| 72 Sunset Local | South Miami South Miami station | The Hammocks West Kendall Transit Terminal | Southwest 72nd Street (Sunset Drive) | |
| 73 | Hialeah Okeechobee station | Kendall Dadeland North station | Northwest 72nd Avenue (Miami Dairy Road), Southwest 67th Avenue (Ludlam Road) | |
| Kendall Coral Reef Drive station (Southwest 152nd Street Transitway station) | Northwest 72nd Avenue (Miami Dairy Road), Southwest 67th Avenue (Ludlam Road), Southwest 57th Avenue (Red Road) |
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| 75 | Sunny Isles Beach Sunny Isles Beach Government Center | Miami Lakes Northwest 57th Avenue and 163rd Street (Miami Lakes Educational Center) | Northeast 163rd Street, Northeast 167th Street, Northwest 175th Street |
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| Country Club/Carol City Red Road Transit Hub | ||||
| 75A | North Miami FIU Biscayne Bay Campus | Golden Glades Golden Glades Park and Ride | Northeast 163rd Street, Northeast 167th Street | |
| 77 | Downtown Downtown Bus Terminal | Norland Northwest 7th Avenue & 183rd Street | Northwest 7th Avenue |
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| 79 79th Street Local | City Center Lincoln Road & Washington Avenue | Hialeah Hialeah station | Collins Avenue, Indian Creek Drive, Northeast/Northwest 79th Street | |
| Gladeview Northside station |
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| 87 | Medley Palmetto station | Kendall Dadeland North station | Northwest/Southwest 87th Avenue | |
| 88 Kendall Local | Kendall Dadeland North station | The Hammocks West Kendall Transit Terminal | Southwest 88th Street (Kendall Drive) | |
| 95 Golden Glades Express | Downtown Northwest 8th Street and 1st Court | Golden Glades Golden Glades Park and Ride | Interstate 95 |
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| Country Club Miami Gardens Drive and Northwest 73rd Avenue Park and Ride | Interstate 95, Northwest 183rd Street (Miami Gardens Drive) | |||
| 95A Golden Glades Express | Allapattah UHealth-Jackson station (AM rush hours) Santa Clara station (PM rush hours) | Golden Glades Golden Glades Park and Ride | Interstate 95 | |
| Aventura Aventura Mall | Interstate 95, Miami Gardens Drive | |||
| 95B Golden Glades Express | Doral Northwest 87th Avenue and 36th Street | Golden Glades Golden Glades Park and Ride | Northwest 36th Street, Airport Expressway, Interstate 95 | |
| 97 | West Perrine Southwest 168th Street and Dixie Highway (Southwest 168th Street Transitway Station) | South Miami Heights Quail Roost Drive and Southwest 115th Avenue | Southwest 97th Avenue, Caribbean Boulevard | |
| 100 | Downtown Northwest 1st Street & 1st Avenue | Aventura Aventura Mall | MacArthur Causeway, Indian Creek Drive, Harding Avenue, Collins Avenue |
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| 101 | Nautilus Mt. Sinai Medical Center | MacArthur Causeway, Alton Road |
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| 103 | Upper Eastside Northeast 5th Avenue and 81st Street | Hialeah Gardens Northwest 87th Avenue and 103rd Street | Northwest 103rd Street (East/West 49th Street) | |
| 104 Killian Local | Kendall Dadeland North station | The Hammocks West Kendall Transit Terminal | Southwest 88th Street (Kendall Drive), Southwest 104th Street (Killian Parkway) |
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| 104A Killian Local | ||||
| 107 | Sweetwater Dolphin Mall | Cutler Bay South Dade Government Center | Southwest 107th Avenue, Southwest 112th Avenue, Southwest 117th Avenue | |
| 125 | North Beach Harding Avenue and 94th Street | Westview Miami-Dade College North | Northeast 123rd/125th Streets, Northwest 119th Street | |
| 132 Tri-Rail Doral Shuttle | Hialeah Hialeah Market station | Doral Northwest 53rd Street and 79th Avenue | Northwest 36th Street |
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| 135 | North Miami FIU Biscayne Bay Campus | Opa-locka Opa-locka station | Northeast/Northwest 135th Street, Opa-locka Boulevard (WB) | |
| 136 | Coral Way Douglas Road station | Kendall Southwest 89th Place and 136th Street | Southwest 42nd Avenue (Le Jeune Road), Old Cutler Road, Southwest 136th Street (Howard Drive) |
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| 137 West Dade Connection | Sweetwater Dolphin Mall | Cutler Bay South Dade Government Center | Southwest 137th Avenue (Lindgren Road) | |
| 150 Miami Beach Airport Express | South of Fifth Washington Avenue and South Pointe Drive | Miami Intermodal Center | Washington Avenue, Collins Avenue, Julia Tuttle Causeway, Airport Expressway |
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| 152 | Country Walk Southwest 152nd Avenue and 152nd Street | Kendall Coral Reef Drive station (Southwest 152nd Street Transitway station) | Southwest 152nd Street (Coral Reef Drive) |
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| 183 | Hialeah Okeechobee station | Aventura Aventura Mall | West 12th Avenue/Northwest 67th Avenue (Ludlam Road), Northwest 183rd Street (Miami Gardens Drive) | |
| 199 | Country Club/Carol City Red Road Transit Hub | Northwest 57th Avenue (Red Road), Northwest 199th Street (Honey Hill Drive), Northwest 215th Street (County Line Road), Northeast 203rd Street (Ives Dairy Road) | ||
| 203 Biscayne MAX | Downtown Downtown Metrobus Terminal | Aventura Aventura Mall | Biscayne Boulevard |
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| 204 Killian MAX | Kendall Dadeland North station | The Hammocks West Kendall Transit Terminal | Snapper Creek Expressway, Don Shula Expressway, Southwest 104th Street (Killian Parkway) |
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| 207 Little Havana Connection | Brickell Brickell station | Southwest 7th Street (Tamiami Trail), Southwest 1st Street |
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| 208 Little Havana Connection | Flagler Street, Southwest 8th Street (Tamiami Trail/Calle Ocho) |
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| 211 Flagler MAX | Downtown Downtown Bus Terminal | Sweetwater Southwest 108th Avenue and Flagler Street | Southwest 1st Street (EB), Flagler Street |
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| 272 Sunset MAX | Kendall Dadeland North station | The Hammocks West Kendall Transit Terminal | Snapper Creek Expressway, Southwest 72nd Street (Sunset Drive), Southwest 162nd Avenue | |
| 287 Saga Bay MAX | West Perrine Richmond Drive station (Southwest 168th Street Transitway station) | Cutler Bay Community Health of South Florida-Doris Ison Health Center | Southwest 87th Avenue | |
| 288 Kendall MAX | Kendall Dadeland North station | The Hammocks West Kendall Transit Terminal | Snapper Creek Expressway, Southwest 88th Street (Kendall Drive) |
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| 301 Dade/Monroe Express | Florida City Southwest 344th Street Park & Ride | Marathon Mile Marker 50 (Marathon) | Dixie Highway/Overseas Highway |
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| 302 Card Sound Express | Florida City West Palm Drive and 5th Avenue | North Key Largo Ocean Reef Club Village | Card Sound Road, County Road 905 |
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| 338 Weekend Express | Miami Intermodal Center | Sweetwater Dolphin Mall | Dolphin Expressway |
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| 344 | Homestead Miami-Dade College Homestead | Southwest Florida City Southwest 193rd Avenue and 378th Street | Southwest 177th Avenue (Krome Avenue), Southwest 344th Street (East/West Palm Drive) |
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| 400 South Owl | Downtown Southwest 1st Street& 1st Court | Kendall West Dadeland South station | Dixie Highway |
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| 401 North Owl | Downtown Downtown Bus Terminal | North Miami Beach The Mall at 163rd Street | Northwest 12th Avenue, Northwest 22nd Avenue | |
| 500 Cutler Bay Circulator | Cutler Bay Old Cutler Road and Old Cutler Town Center | Dixie Highway, Southwest 87th Avenue |
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| 510 Skylake Circulator | North Miami Beach The Mall at 163rd Street | Ojus Northeast 185th Street and 18th Avenue | Northeast 19th Avenue |
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| 601 Metro Express | Kendall West Dadeland South station | Florida City Southwest 344th Street Park & Ride | South Dade Transitway |
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| 602 Transitway Local |
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| 836 Express | Downtown Downtown Bus Terminal | North Tamiami Dolphin Station Park and Ride | Dolphin Expressway |
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| 837 Express | West End Tamiami Station Park and Ride |
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The South Dade TransitWay (originally named the South Miami-Dade Busway) [9] is a bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor, or busway, serving southern Miami-Dade County, Florida, running approximately 20 miles (32 km) between Dadeland South Metrorail station and Southwest 344th Street in Florida City, parallel to U.S. Route 1 (South Dixie Highway) along a former Florida East Coast Railway right-of-way.
Service began on February 3, 1997, on an 8.3-mile (13.4 km) segment between the Dadeland South station of Metrorail and Southplace Mall (then known as Cutler Ridge Mall). The corridor was extended 5 miles (8 km) to Southwest 264th Street on April 24, 2005, followed by a final 6.5-mile (10.5 km) extension to Southwest 344th Street in Florida City on December 16, 2007. Between 2021 and 2025, the corridor was rebuilt with dedicated bus rapid transit stations and supporting infrastructure, supplementing the original busway stops.
Standard Metrobus fares are $2.25 and include transfers to Metrorail. [10] Daily, weekly, and monthly passes are also available using an Easy Card or the Miami-Dade Transit app. [10] Miami-Dade Transit introduced an open payment system to Metrorail on August 21, 2019, and Metrobus on December 23, 2019,[ citation needed ] allowing riders to pay with contactless bank cards and mobile payment (including Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, and Fitbit Pay). [11] As of the 2019 implementation of tap to pay, the Discover Card, via tap to pay, is not accepted systemwide.[ citation needed ]
Ridership detail by average daily ridership on weekdays by month, with yearly average and highest ridership month in bold. Note the generally lower ridership during the summer months and December, month of the long Christmas and holiday season. Ridership has been falling since 2014 amid widespread rider complaints, an aging fleet, and sharply declining gas prices beginning in late 2014. Starting in 2016, this was also affecting Metrorail ridership. By 2016, 70% of the bus fleet was considered beyond its expected useful life, as the county was in the process of buying 30 electric buses with an option for 20 more. [12] This is well under 10% of a fleet of nearly 1,000 buses. Other upgrades included a new mobile ticketing and contactless payment system, as well as upgrades to bus stops, including covering shelter-less bus stops and air conditioning at select locations. By mid 2016, average daily ridership was over 100,000 below a pre-recession peak in November 2007, [13] and May, June, July, and August 2016 [14] were the lowest ridership months in over a decade. Some of the ridership loss may be accounted for by overlap and growth of the free Miami Trolley and other pseudo-bus systems. Very poor numbers in October 2016 across the entire system were partially blamed on one day of closures for Hurricane Matthew, [15] which passed close to South Florida. Similarly, September 2017, the month of Hurricane Irma, saw even lower ridership. 2016 was the lowest ridership year since online records began in 1998. Summer 2017 saw weekday ridership decline another 10% on top of sustained decline. [16] January 2018's ridership of 162,300 is the lowest since at least the 90s with the exception of the month Hurricane Irma hit.
| # | Month | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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| 1 | January | 212,100 | 216,700 | 215,700 | 208,150 | 205,800 | 231,500 | 242,100 | 265,400 | 260,200 | 258,600 | 244,500 | 222,300 | 238,500 | 248,900 | 248,200 | 241,900 | 240,400 | 209,600 | 192,900 |
| 2 | February | 218,350 | 220,000 | 227,400 | 216,300 | 219,200 | 240,800 | 251,000 | 267,300 | 266,600 | 266,400 | 254,400 | 230,000 | 253,100 | 257,500 | 264,500 | 258,800 | 238,000 | 217,600 | 203,600 |
| 3 | March | 215,000 | 220,350 | 221,800 | 209,800 | 217,600 | 238,500 | 246,700 | 270,500 | 270,900 | 266,900 | 252,000 | 229,700 | 250,900 | 260,000 | 258,100 | 250,800 | 249,100 | 210,200 | 196,300 |
| 4 | April | 205,800 | 204,400 | 210,250 | 207,350 | 208,100 | 227,700 | 251,400 | 260,000 | 257,000 | 265,500 | 256,600 | 230,400 | 249,200 | 255,800 | 255,600 | 250,000 | 232,000 | 214,500 | 193,900 |
| 5 | May | 208,900 | 214,000 | 210,450 | 206,300 | 208,900 | 237,600 | 242,600 | 255,600 | 262,900 | 273,500 | 239,800 | 232,900 | 248,000 | 245,200 | 244,700 | 242,300 | 227,800 | 207,100 | 189,200 |
| 6 | June | 195,300 | 206,200 | 202,800 | 191,550 | 200,700 | 223,840 | 225,900 | 248,000 | 248,100 | 258,600 | 219,600 | 221,300 | 237,000 | 235,600 | 235,200 | 226,100 | 212,600 | 195,000 | 174,300 |
| 7 | July | 203,900 | 209,800 | 208,950 | 196,500 | 205,000 | 229,400 | 212,500 | 240,200 | 243,500 | 256,600 | 211,400 | 213,700 | 231,100 | 237,900 | 231,600 | 226,400 | 209,900 | 191,900 | 175,100 |
| 8 | August | 200,100 | 206,500 | 207,800 | 199,350 | 198,800 | 226,900 | 241,300 | 245,000 | 257,000 | 250,500 | 227,300 | 220,600 | 232,500 | 237,900 | 243,400 | 235,600 | 216,500 | 189,500 | 175,500 |
| 9 | September | 211,600 | 217,850 | 208,950 | 209,100 | 219,500 | 226,300 | 241,131 | 270,000 | 280,200 | 269,400 | 234,500 | 233,800 | 254,600 | 257,100 | 259,000 | 248,500 | 223,800 | 202,300 | 147,200* |
| 10 | October | 210,350 | 208,000 | 210,300 | 212,800 | 226,500 | 242,700 | 241,419 | 270,000 | 267,500 | 257,700 | 224,600 | 243,700 | 252,000 | 257,600 | 261,400 | 246,900 | 226,000 | 187,800 [15] | 177,900 |
| 11 | November | 221,250 | 221,800 | 209,000 | 210,500 | 225,000 [17] | 244,200 | 267,600 | 262,400 | 302,000 [13] | 243,900 | 226,000 | 239,600 | 256,600 | 258,000 | 252,800 | 240,800 | 220,500 | 203,200 | 177,300 |
| 12 | December | 206,600 | 209,400 | 205,700 | 198,500 | 216,900 | 229,000 | 255,100 | 258,100 | 257,700 | 240,600 | 215,600 | 216,600 | 240,800 | 246,200 | 242,300 | 234,500 | 211,400 | 195,700 | 172,200 |
| 13 | Year Average | 209,100 | 212,900 | 211,600 | 205,500 | 212,700 | 233,200 | 243.200 | 259,400 | 264,500 | 259,000 | 233,900 | 227,900 | 245,400 | 249,800 | 249,700 | 241,900 | 225,700 | 202,000 | 181,300 |