The MTA has appointed a 'weekend service czar' to improve New Yorkers's experience riding on the subways over the weekend.
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Leaders at New York City Transit, which manages the subways, buses, and paratransit at the MTA, tapped nearly 30-year transit veteran Jose LaSalle to take over the role. The MTA often reduces or shuts subway service during those off-hours for construction work, but ridership rates have recovered faster to pre-COVID levels on Saturdays and Sundays than during the rest of the week.since he took over the agency’s helm in the spring.
Daily trip numbers on weekends have returned to as high as 85% of 2019 numbers on the subways this year, while the rates on Mondays through Fridays have remained at around 60%, according toThe highest number of weekend ridership during the pandemic was on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 2.36 million, 73.2% of pre-COVID figures.
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