Figure 2. Quarterly Unpaid Subway Ridership

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Note: Monthly ridership data for subways not available in MTA Open Data prior to 2018; unpaid ridership estimates for 2020 excluded due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: CBC staff analysis; Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Monthly Ridership / Traffic Data: Beginning January 2008, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Open Data, MTA NYCT Subway Fare Evasion: Beginning 2018, MTA Bus Fare Evasion: Beginning 2019; Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transit and Bus Committee Meeting: March 2019, Transit and Bus Committee Meeting: March 2020.