Subway delays disproportionately affect low-income New Yorkers, says study
“According to the study, which was drafted by economists Nicole Gorton and Maxim Pinkovskiy of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, roughly half of employed New Yorkers across the five boroughs rely on the subway to get to work each day. Using data from the American Community Survey (ACS) from 2012 to 2016, the study found that higher incomes are typically associated with shorter commutes, since people are willing to pay more for a shorter commute and prices tend to be higher near transportation centers. On the contrary, ‘communities in which most people take the bus tend to be poorer than the median.’”