The MTA announced Tuesday that subway ridership has passed the billion mark in 2022, the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The lucky one billionth rider was 18-year-old Sasha Salazar, a Bronx resident studying nursing at Lehman College. Salazar swiped her MetroCard at the 161st Street-Yankee Stadium station Tuesday, intent on riding the 4 train into Manhattan to catch a matinee screening of, but quickly learned of the significance of the morning’s turnstile crossing.
“I just thought it was gonna be a normal day in the city, and then boop. So I’m just really happy and excited,” Salazar told reporters following a press conference with MTA honchos at the station, before heading to see the James Cameron flick. “I just had my MetroCard, I swiped it, and then I saw two men…and they were, like, so happy, and I was like oh, ok. And then they were like, ‘congratulations, you’re the one billionth customer on the MTA.
In celebration of her historic swipe, following years of loyal ridership, MTA Chair Janno Lieber awarded Salazar on Tuesday as the “model MTA customer,” providing her with a new OMNY card pre-loaded with $100, a free membership to the
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