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Apr 1959

Hub-Bound Travel

Hub-Bound Travel in the Tri-State Metropolitan Region

Persons and Vehicles Entering Manhattan South of 61st Street, 1924 – 1956

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On a typical business day in 1956, 3.3 million persons entered the lower half of Manhattan south of 61st Street. This was a ten per cent, 375,000-person decrease in the daily volume of in-bound travelers since 1948. The drop reversed a continuously upward trend going back at least to 1924.

Research Areas

Transportation

Location

New York

Topics

RailBusCongestion PricingSubwayCarsHighway

Acknowledgements

Authored by

  • Henry Fagin

    Former Executive Director

  • Douglas Powell

    Former Planning Director

  • Stanley Tankel

    Planning Director

  • George Schiller

Produced With

New York City Department of Traffic
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
New York City Department of Public Works

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Dec 1961
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Hub-Bound Travel in the Tri-State New York Metropolitan Region Persons and Vehicles Entering Manhattan South of 61st Street, 1924 – 1960

Total Reports

408

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