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.

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