Demographics of NYC's subway in the morning, hour-by-hour

By at 11:13 pm Tuesday, May 23

A blogger spent a morning on the NYC subway, making simple demographic notes on who rides, when -- fascinating stuff:
3:00-4:00 AM: Drunks of all sorts, club kids, and winos. Late night workers, busboys, getting off their shifts. Only a handful of people per car. 6:1 male/female ratio.

4:00-5:00 AM: Transit workers changing shifts. Maybe 6 people per car. All male.

5:00 AM - 6:00 AM: Blue-collar laborers, minorities, immigrants. Half the car is asleep. Maybe 20 or 25 people per car. 9:1 male/female ratio.

6:00 AM - 7:00 AM: Construction workers, blue-collar laborers, hospital workers. 75% of seats in car are taken. 7:3 male/female ratio.

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