Subway Ridership Continues To Decline In New York City

WCBS reports:

New York City subway riders are frustrated, and new data shows thousands have stopped using it all together.

MTA figures released late Friday show that weekend ridership plummeted, falling 8.8 percent in August 2018 compared to a year before. That means nearly half-a-million fewer MetroCard swipes each weekend.

Weekday ridership also continued to fall, dropping nearly 2.5 percent in August.

“I would imagine it's like a lot of people Ubering – which more often than not, I’ll do on like a really late night. Which I imagine probably contributes to (the decline),” said Katie Mini, who commutes from New Jersey every day.

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