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Costs Surge as Transit Ridership Remains Below Prepandemic Levels

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Costs Surge as Transit Ridership Remains Below Prepandemic Levels
People walk through a Manhattan subway station in New York on May 24, 2022. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Transit agencies across the United States were still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.

That’s according to a report released by the Federal Transit Administration that found ridership plummeted and transit agencies used federal COVID-19 funds to pay their bills.
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