The number of people traveling in and out of New York City by car is higher than ever before, even as mass transit ridership continues to lag behind levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report on MTA finances from State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli revealed.
Crossings on the MTA’s seven bridges and two tunnels across New York City climbed to 335 million in 2023, already a record, and are expected to hit 339 million in 2024, according to DiNapoli’s report. That comes even as paid weekday ridership on the subway still hovers at around 70% of pre-COVID averages, with higher numbers registered on weekends, suggesting a permanent shift to working from home even as New Yorkers take transit for personal activities.
Even worse, MTA ridership over the next several years is expected to recover still more slowly than officials once projected: in November 2020, consulting giant McKinsey & Company predicted ridership would rise to 86% of pre-COVID levels by 2026, but MTA brass now concede it will likely average only 80% by that time.
Suck it, Open Plans.
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First equalize (not raise) all crossings tolls so folks don't game them by price. If you want folks to accept this, it has to be revenue neutral. Second, make sure the tunnel builders provide for a tunnel for freight traffic between Long Island and New Jersey that bypasses Manhattan. Third, mandate deliveries be at night unless your landlord provided underground loading bays. The burden should be on the landlord, not the tenant store. All road maintenance should also be at night.
How do they know how many riders there are when so many people beat the subway fares? I have been deliberately watching. In 2024, I'd say that 9 out of every 10 blacks I saw enter the subway didn't pay the fare. They just blithely fare beat. I once saw a group of about ten black construction workers getting on the G train. One opened the gate and they all poured through. Reparations!
Many younger whites and Hispanics beat as well. Older whites and Hispanics mostly pay, not counting our recent gang of Joe's Special Imports, who never pay.
I really wish they didn't put an Uber cap on how many Uber and taxis can.be owned. I'm so tired of getting stuck behind an Uber with nobody in it
I'm sure if you crack down on crime,people would want to go back.Also im sure the scooter program in queens probably cuts back some riders.
One can get as angry/frustrated as they wish. But bike & bus lanes along with "open" streets, are staying. RobinManhattan
The hard working money earners are moving out and taking their vehicles & tax money with them. When the big $ corporations can no longer get the reasonably intelligent workers necessary to operate they will follow. The city is losing its tax base and will go bankrupt. Then the real fun and crime starts. The illegals will go nuts when the free money, lodging and special cooked & delivered meals stop and there is no money to hire or pay the police and NYFD.
Time to GTF out, I believe thanks to being outnumbered with stupid blue donkey voters there will be no stopping this.
You may as well rename the city some Venezuelan sh!thole now.
Zoë
So, all deliveries at night? Trucks creating a racket loading and unloading in the middle of the night won't be popular. Where will the trucking companies get all these willing employees willing to drive Amazon/UPS/USP/Moving/Freight/Grocery trucks in the middle of the night?
As they should stay.
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