A symbol map of large U.S. cities showing public transit ridership recovery in 2023. In most cities, September 2023 transit trips were between 50-100% of what they were in September 2019. Knoxville, Tenn. recovered the least, with September trips at just 3.4% of 2019 levels. In contrast, transit ridership in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. were more than 150% of 2019 levels in September.