Despite Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's claims that congestion pricing forces people to use subways, recent data shows a substantial increase in ridership. Since 2021, the MTA reported a rise from 100 to 150 million rides monthly. Weekday subway ridership has surpassed 4 million rides a day, nearing pre-pandemic levels. Even with reduced office attendance, the trend suggests more commuters may embrace public transit as office policies evolve, contradicting the belief that subway use is involuntary.
"Most of that ridership is concentrated on the subway, where weekday ridership averaged 4 million rides per day in March for the first time since 2019."
"Ridership data shared by transit officials indicates New Yorkers are flocking to mass transit, rather than begrudgingly accepting riding it as an unwanted burden."
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