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Re: Why the vaccine won't do much for transit ridership |
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Posted by Peter Rosa on Fri Dec 4 09:55:22 2020, in response to Re: Why the vaccine won't do much for transit ridership, posted by Joe V on Fri Dec 4 07:14:04 2020. If MTA carries out any of their stupid ideas like not raising railroad monthly passes while raising already expensive one way tickets 10% with partial WFH going on, and merging Fare Zones 4 to 14 into one, expect to see massive rider diversions to automobiles. As it is, highway traffic is approaching normalcy while train ridership is down 70%.On my route to work (Belt Parkway --> Verrazano --> Staten Island Expressway) traffic is close to normal and has been that way since Labor Day. It had been very low from late March until around Memorial Day but then began a steady rise. For the most part that wouldn't seem attributable to people avoiding transit because it's not the sort of route for which there'd be reasonable transit alternatives. There are as many express buses as always on the Staten Island Expressway, though I imagine they carry fewer passengers than normal. |
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