The subway right now isn't too crowded but also isn't too empty. heybonanos writes on this era of peak comfort — and why it's impossible for things to continue this way
. The numbers, at least, say that violence is at 2010-ish levels, and in those years, the system was regarded as pretty safe. Despite this, the perception of danger might still matter more than the data.
What this particular middling stage has going for it, though, is significant. The subway has, for a great part of the day, the ideal amount of ridership. The stations and trains are lively but not overwhelming, more or less full but not crammed. This is, at least in terms of busyness and personal space, how a functional mass-transit system ought to look.
And it is, of course, impossible for things to continue this way. Subway ridership doesn’t fully pay for itself at normal times — each fare brings in something a little south of half of the cost of a ride with taxes and tolls covering the rest. But itdoesn’t pay for itself under these conditions, because the MTA budget is built around higher expectations. Acovered the system’s debts after numerous dire months in 2020 and 2021, saving us from an immediate transit crisis.
worth of capital spending that congestion pricing is supposed to funnel over to the transit system cannot come soon enough. Until then : Enjoy the occasional rush-hour seat while you can still get it.
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