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Governor Kathy Hochul Wednesday announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro-North Railroad set a pandemic-era ridership record yesterday, Tuesday, October 11 with 193,000 riders, topping the previous record set on Tuesday, September 20. 

In addition, on Saturday, October 8, the New York City subway carried 2,396,000 riders constituting 73.4 percent of pre-pandemic levels, topping the previous pandemic weekend ridership record of 2,388,000 set two weeks prior.

Subway OMNY also had a record high of 1,071,000 million taps for weekends that day.  

Access-A-Ride also reached a pandemic record of 28,500 trips booked on Thursday, October 6, approximately 90 percent of pre-pandemic levels.

“I am thrilled to see New Yorkers continue to break ridership records and am eager to see how far this momentum can take us,” Governor Hochul said. “Public transportation is not only an environmentally friendly and affordable way to travel around New York City and State but is also the best way to enjoy all that New York has to offer.”