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 indicators, upgraded energy methods, and a whole bunch of recent subway automobiles 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 achieve 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 12 months, and on November 4, we served our one billionth buyer of 2024 – two weeks prior to final 12 months and two months sooner than in 2022.
Buses have related momentum, carrying 40 million paying clients in October, a ten% enhance over final 12 months. The truth is, September and October have been the primary two months with year-over-year bus ridership development since 2022.
This improvement reveals that our new technique to handle bus fare evasion is making a distinction. Since deploying EAGLE groups of fare inspectors to recognized drawback routes, we’ve seen bus fare evasion drop for the primary time because the pandemic, with fare cost 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 delight: Entry-A-Experience paratransit is having an historic 12 months, far outpacing another MTA service. The staff lately celebrated its first day ever with greater than 40,000 clients, and ridership general is up almost 20% from final 12 months because of latest upgrades to the web reserving course of and powerful on-time efficiency from our third-party suppliers.
It can also’t be neglected that the transit system is safer now than earlier than the pandemic. Subway crime is down almost 7% for the 12 months due to our shut partnership with the NYPD. Along with rising patrols underground, officers are offering crucial help 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 12 months on weekdays and weekends. We delivered extra bus service in October than in any month this 12 months, and as I mentioned, 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 individuals every single day. That quantity is greater than double the quantity of each day airline passengers in the complete nation, and 6 occasions the variety of automobiles that drive into Manhattan on any given day. The 49,000 ladies and men of NYC Transit are transferring all of us.
