Congestion pricing will launch on Jan. 5, 2025.
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With the unpausing of congestion pricing, the sunshine on the finish of the tunnel is the brand new alerts, upgraded energy techniques, and lots of of recent subway vehicles that can guarantee extra dependable, sooner, safer service for many years to come back.
These enhancements can’t come quick sufficient as ridership throughout NYC Transit continues to succeed in new heights. October was our greatest month in 4 years on the subways, with 114 million rides delivered. That’s up 10 million from final yr, and on November 4, we served our one billionth buyer of 2024 – two weeks prior to final yr and two months sooner than in 2022.
Buses have related momentum, carrying 40 million paying clients in October, a ten% enhance over final yr. The truth is, September and October have been the primary two months with year-over-year bus ridership progress since 2022.
This growth exhibits that our new technique to deal with bus fare evasion is making a distinction. Since deploying EAGLE groups of fare inspectors to identified downside routes, we’ve seen bus fare evasion drop for the primary time for the reason that pandemic, with fare fee up 21% at these patrolled stops and routes. We’re not declaring victory simply but, however the early progress is encouraging.
One other level of satisfaction: Entry-A-Trip paratransit is having an historic yr, far outpacing some other MTA service. The group not too long ago celebrated its first day ever with greater than 40,000 clients, and ridership total is up practically 20% from final yr due to latest upgrades to the net reserving course of and robust on-time efficiency from our third-party suppliers.
It can also’t be ignored that the transit system is safer now than earlier than the pandemic. Subway crime is down practically 7% for the yr due to our shut partnership with the NYPD. Along with growing patrols underground, officers are offering crucial assist to our bus fare enforcement efforts, making a number of notable arrests for excellent warrants.
Service has additionally been on a roll this fall. Subway on-time efficiency is at or approaching excessive factors for the yr on weekdays and weekends. We delivered extra bus service in October than in any month this yr, and as I stated, paratransit is elevating the bar for the complete MTA.
For so long as I’m president of NYC Transit, we’ll proceed to prioritize security and repair in our mission to maneuver six million folks on daily basis. That quantity is greater than double the quantity of day by day airline passengers in the complete nation, and 6 instances the variety of vehicles that drive into Manhattan on any given day. The 49,000 men and women of NYC Transit are shifting all of us.
