Chair Janno Lieber says ridership has not recovered from the pandemic, meaning there’s plenty of room for the additional 75,000 transit riders expected when the tolling program begins.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.While the MTA is confident its congestion pricing program is on track to go into effect this May, the agency has no plans to increase bus service and expects subways to absorb additional riders.
“We have plenty of room, excess capacity on subways, buses and commuter rails,” Lieber said at an MTA board meeting. “In a system where we are down a couple million passengers on mass transit everyday versus pre-COVID, we can easily accommodate the total 75,000 or so additional transit riders that the congestion pricing system is projected to generate.”
On Tuesday, the MTA again hit a COVID-era subway ridership high, after topping more than 4 million riders a couple ofThe MTA projects a 20% reduction of vehicles in the congestion zone once the tolls go into effect. About 700,000 vehicles enter the congestion zone each day.to the MTA board. After that, the MTA is required to hold more public hearings.
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