New York's Full Reopening Goal Has a Subway Problem

[Klaralven]

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But if the mayor and governor truly want New York to return to its pre-pandemic glory in a hurry, they are going to need to do something about the stubborn lack of riders on the city’s subways.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, whose finances have been ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic, compiles statistics on daily subway ridership. While the figures are improving on the margin, they remain grim. The 50-day moving average, which smooths out the sharp declines during weekends, reached 1.7 million as of April 27. The good news: That’s the highest since the start of the health crisis. The bad news: That’s less than one-third of the 5.5 million people who took the subway in early March 2020.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-29/nyc-full-reopening-goal-has-big-subway-problem

[Stallion]

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