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4/27/2021
MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) on April 23 hit a new subway ridership record during the pandemic of 2,119,655 trips.
The number represents the most trips taken on the NYCT's subway since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.
It was also the first time during the pandemic that subway ridership reached the 2.1 million mark. Subway ridership surpassed the 2 million mark on April 9, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials said in a press release.
Prior to the pandemic, average weekday ridership totals routinely exceeded 5.5 million in the subway system.
That figure fell by more than 90% to a low of roughly 300,000 daily trips last April as the number of COVID-19 cases peaked in the New York City area.