The document discusses research into the impact of maintenance activities on New York City subway and taxi ridership. It finds that the over 100-year-old MTA subway system requires 2500+ scheduled maintenance activities per year, which can cause partial or full station shutdowns. This leads to passenger inconvenience and a switch to other transit modes. The research objectives are to examine if maintenance reduces subway ridership, identify causes of ridership loss, and examine if taxi ridership surges in affected areas. Preliminary analysis of 3 lines found a ridership loss of over 1.45 million riders due to maintenance over one year. Next steps include expanding the analysis and quantifying impacts on taxi ridership.