NYC Subway Ridership Rises

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from Newsday, via MassTransitMag.com:



NYC Subway Ridership Rises


Marlene Naanes, amNewYorkNewsday (New York)




New York City's subway ranks fifth among U.S. cities that saw a mass-transit ridership boost in the first half of the year, according to a national report released yesterday.

Subway ridership was up 3.9 percent during the first six months of 2007 compared to the same period last year, with almost a billion rides, according to the report by the American Public Transportation Association.

"To have another almost 4 percent on top of an already large number of trips taken on the New York subway system is significant," said association spokeswoman Virginia Miller,

The Port Authority's PATH service ranked second, with a more than 7 percent boost in ridership. The MTA's Staten Island Railway ranked third with a more than 6 percent jump. Bus ridership in New York City dipped a half of a percent.

New York City Transit has been reporting increased ridership all year. The agency attributes the boost partially to MetroCard discounts. "Each day, New Yorkers vote with their MetroCards to the tune of 7.2 million rides," spokesman Paul Fleuranges said. "We are carrying more customers today than we have in 35 years."

Nationally, more than 5 billion trips were taken in the first half of this year, with 78 million more trips than last year. Of the 14 subway systems included in the report, Atlanta's had the biggest jump in ridership, with a nearly 11 percent increase.

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1. Thanks for the link

I'd never heard of Mass Transit Mag before.