New York City subway ridership down 92 percent due to coronavirus
Despite occasional rush hour crowds, New York City subway ridership is down 92 percent due to coronavirus shelter-in-place regulations, MTA Chairman Pat Foye said Wednesday in an interview on WCBS 880.
Numbers are drastically down across all area transit methods, Monday’s MTA data showed. Long Island Rail Road ridership has decreased by 97 percent, Metro-North by 95 percent, and bridge and tunnels traffic is down by 63 percent, Foye said.
“This is a mixed blessing,” Foye said. “Ordinarily, I would not be rooting for ridership to be down, but obviously that’s a good thing because people are heeding the governor’s directive. However, that is going to have a significant financial toll on the MTA.”