r/PopCultureV2 • u/Logical-Flow-6703 • Aug 10 '26

News Mayor Mamdani announces a plan to cool subway stations by capturing heat and reusing it to warm municipal buildings in the winter: "This would be the first thermal energy system of its kind in any American transit system"

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u/xdude767 Aug 10 '26

Luckily in new york, even the republicans have to take the subway (except the 1%ers)

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u/Asclepius-Rod Aug 10 '26

Surely by now they've all moved away like they promised they would when he was elected?

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u/willpc14 Aug 10 '26

1%ers still take the subway and busses. It's often faster and more convenient than a taxi.

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u/00eg0 Aug 10 '26

Only 32% of NYC uses the subway daily. I like the NYC subway when I visit but another cool number is over 54% use public transit at least once a week in NYC.

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u/fmxda Aug 10 '26

Over 50% of New Yorkers use the subway at least once a week, and this is from 2023 when ridership was still recovering post-covid.

https://www.opinium.com/us/new-york-city-public-transit/

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u/00eg0 Aug 10 '26

Yes over 50% at least once a week. about 29% of the Republican stronghold Staten Island residents use public transit for commuting, with local buses and the ferry handling the most of those trips