Economics
NYC Toll Traffic Recovering to Pre-Covid Levels
- MTA toll count on track for best month since Feb. 2020
- Subway ridership has been lagging as more get on the roads
Traffic moves over the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey, on April 6.
Photographer: Seth Wenig/AP Photo
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New York City toll bridges and tunnels are on pace for the busiest April in at least two years, adding to evidence that travel is rebounding as pandemic shutdowns ease and the economy starts to regain its footing.
Traffic on the conduits linking the five boroughs averaged 835,000 vehicles per day through the first 10 days of April, Metropolitan Transportation Authority data show. That puts the month on pace to beat not only April 2020, when the pandemic brought city streets to an eerie standstill, but also traffic in every month since February last year.