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What percentage of people in New York use the subway?

Of all people who commuted to work in New York City in 2021, 32% use the subway, 30% drive alone, 12% take the bus, 10% walk to work, 4% travel by commuter rail, 5.6% carpool, 3.1% use a taxi, 1.7% ride their bicycle to work, and 0.4% travel by ferry.



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Annual ridership of the New York City Subway 2014-2021 In 2021, the number of passengers who entered the New York City Subway system amounted to almost 760 million, a year-over-year increase of around 19 percent amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The subway carried 1,793,073,000 riders in 2022. On October 29, 2015, more than 6.2 million people rode the subway system, establishing the highest single-day ridership since ridership was regularly monitored in 1985.

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The A provides the longest one-seat ride in the system—at 32.39 miles (52.13 km), between Inwood and Far Rockaway—and has a weekday ridership of 600,000.

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The best way to get around NYC as a tourist is by taking the subway or the bus since it's cheap, efficient, and goes to most parts of the city.

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LOCAL TIP: New Yorkers typically call the subway “trains” (not underground or metro) or by their alpha name (the C or the Q).

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Cost: $34 (7-day) or $132 (30-day). You have unlimited swipes on the subway and local buses for either 7 or 30 days. Your MetroCard can only hold one Unlimited Ride refill at a time. You can't pause an unlimited ride card once you've started using it.

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Times Square/The Theater Distinct/Hell's Kitchen Times Square is in roughly the same area as the Theater District and the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. This part of New York has everything. Times Square itself is one of the world's most famous tourist attractions.

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Here are some of the fastest average speeds between stations I've measured:
  • D - 34th St to W4: 34mph avg.
  • A - 34th St to 14th St: 32mpg avg.
  • L - 1st Ave to Bedford Ave: 33mph avg.
  • 2/3 - 72nd St to 42nd St: 29mph avg.


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