Empty orange, red, and yellow seats on a IRT subway 1 train going down town and coming back up town in New York city.
With ridership on subways down 60 percent, buses down 49 percent, Metro-North down 90 percent, Long Island Railroad down 67 percent, he MTA predicts a farebox loss of $4 billion by the end of 2020.
Executive order from Cuomo’s office, subway use is limited to 12 categories of essential workers that include a broad and surprising mix: health-care workers and first responders, but also farmers-market workers, accountants and more. Many have no other affordable way to get to their jobs,a journey that can cross boroughs and take multiple hours each way.