The Red/Purple Line and the Expo Line had their best months yet, Steve Hymon writes on The Source, with 164,081 boardings on the subway and 27,280 on Expo. The Gold Line had its third best month with 44,451 average weekday boardings (ridership was higher in June and July of last year).

Ridership on the bus system remains about the same.

Overall Metro ridership in August 2013 was higher than the previous two Augusts, with 41.22 million boardings on bus and train.

Read it here.