N.Y. Subway Sees 3 Million Riders in Busiest Day Since Omicron
- Subway usage Tuesday was more than half of pre-pandemic levels
- Transit agency needs riders to return and boost farebox tally
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New York City’s subway system carried more than 3 million customers on Tuesday, the highest amount of riders in one day since the Omicron variant slowed activity in mid-December and halted an increase in workers returning to offices.
“Let this ridership record be a clear signal – New York is coming out of the Omicron surge and we have numbers to prove it,” Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement Wednesday. “On behalf of all New Yorkers, I say thank you to our transit workers who helped us get through yet another wave of the pandemic by putting themselves on the frontline so the rest of us could travel safely.”