It's Not Your Imagination, There's More People on the L Train

According to a recent New York Times article, the number of rides in 2008 on New York City Transit increased 3.1% from 2007. 2.37 billion rides on city buses and subways were recorded in 2008, a record high since 1965.

The L subway line experienced the highest weekday ridership increase of 8.5% since 2007, more than double the citywide increase. Since 2003, the number of rides on the L line have risen 29% and a whopping 79% since 1998.

Our growing neighborhoods continue to depend on public transit; we need more service, not less. Read our letter to the MTA here, and join our fight for better transit in North Brooklyn by emailing transportation -at- nag-brooklyn -dot- org.

update: The L train will be a robo-train starting Tuesday, but not during the rush hour, so it won't solve the problem in the near term.

Photo by Ken Stein, via creative commons license