The Subway is Packed. Now What?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 26, 2014

Subway ridership hasn't been this high since 1949. Gene Russianoff, staff attorney at NYPIRG Straphangers campaign explains what has happened in the past 65 years, and what higher ridership means for service, repairs, and those crowded subway cars.

Post by Brian Lehrer.

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

WNYC Homepage - Top Stories

Manhattan's 42nd Street to be bus-only on World Cup match days

The city released its plans for managing Midtown traffic during eight matches.
Gothamist |

NYS Finally Has a Budget

Albany lawmakers finally passed the state budget, eight weeks late.
The Brian Lehrer Show |

A Russian Phrasebook for Surviving Authoritarianism

From apparatchik to samizdat, Russians have lots of words for describing life under an oppressive government.
On the Media |

The Essential Sonny Rollins

All Of It with Alison Stewart |
YOU ARE ONLINE