NYC Subway Use Is Rebounding Faster on Weekends Than Weekdays
- Remote workers trade commuting trips for weekend jaunts
- MTA considering changes to Saturday, Sunday maintenance work
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It’s rare for Sonah Lee-Lassiter to ride the subway on a Tuesday these days, but the Brooklyn resident recently took the train to Manhattan for a doctor’s appointment. Now that she works remotely, she’s a weekend commuter who rides the train to the beach or to meet up with friends in other boroughs.
Lee-Lassiter, 36, is part of a larger puzzle the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is grappling with: Fewer New Yorkers are taking the train to get to their jobs on weekdays. Instead, they’re riding the subway on weekends to visit a museum, go to a bar or head to a hike upstate.