MTA's subway weekday on-time performance in August was 85.2%, matching the previous high set in May of this year. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityNew York Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has set a new post-pandemic subway ridership record, reaching a 7-day high of 26.8 million riders between Monday, September 8, and Sunday, September 14. New York City Transit recorded 4.1 million riders on the subway on Monday, 4.44 million on Tuesday, 4.48 million on Wednesday, 4.51 million on Thursday, and 4.2 million riders on Friday. Subway weekday on-time performance in August was 85.2%, matching the previous high set in May of this year. The first time the MTA reached four million subway riders in a single day during the non-school summer season since the start of the pandemic was on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.