PASSENGERS ON A LEXINGTON AVENUE LINE SUBWAY TRAIN OPERATED BY THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY. IN 1974 THE SYSTEM WAS PROVIDING FOUR MILLION RIDES EACH WORK DAY. (THIS IS SOMETHING LESS THAN TWO MILLION PEOPLE PER DAY BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE MADE ROUND TRIPS, AND THE OTHERS MADE SEVERAL TRIPS PER DAY.) RIDERSHIP HAS BEEN DECREASING SLIGHTLY. IN 1960 THE SYSTEM HANDLES MILLION PERSONS EACH DAY OR 51 PERCENT OF THE WORK FORCE. IN 1970 IT WAS MILLION AND 47 PERCENT

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