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marmar

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Tue Mar 25, 2014, 08:27 AM Mar 2014

NY: Subway Ridership Hits 65-Year High [View all]


Subway Ridership Hits 65-Year High

Monday, March 24, 2014 - 10:46 AM
WNYC

By Kate Hinds


[font size="1"]The Bedford Avenue L station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (Kellan/flickr)[/font]


More people rode New York City's subways last year than any time since 1949 — and Brooklyn is one of the reasons for the boom.

It had the largest borough-wide average weekday ridership increase, with the L, F and G lines all experiencing substantial growth.

The MTA says last year's subway ridership of 1.7 billion was the highest since 1949, and weekday ridership of 5.5 million was the highest since 1950.

Bus ridership showed a bit of rebound in 2013 after five years of flat numbers. Annual ridership had been hovering around 120 million since 2008, but that number jumped to 125 million people last year. ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.wnyc.org/story/subway-ridership-hits-65-year-high/



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