Coronavirus in NY: Subway ridership drops 18 percent as New Yorkers avoid transit
Ridership across the MTA’s commuter rails, subways and buses dropped dramatically as New Yorkers avoid close-quartered of buses and trains in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office revealed Thursday. Total subway ridership Wednesday was down a whopping 18.5 percent from the same Wednesday last year, MTA spokeswoman Kayla Shults...