"2011 DOT Scorecard: More Jobs, More Subway Riders, Traffic Stays Flat  While the number of employed New Yorkers has recovered from the lows of the recession, motor vehicle traffic in the city remained flat last year, with increased demand for travel being met by the city's increasingly stretched subways, according to NYC DOT's annual Sustainable Streets Index update. The report, released Monday, collects data from a wide variety of sources to assess the state of the city's transportation network. The update is part of the city's PlaNYC 2030 sustainability initiative and builds on previous releases from 2008, 2009 and 2010. DOT's preliminary data shows that citywide motor vehicle traffic, measured by counting ""daily weekday traffic volumes at Borough and City boundaries,"" flattened out in 2011 after rising 1.1 percent in 2010. Even with 2010's increase, in 2011 traffic remained 0.8 percent below pre-recession 2007 levels. Meanwhile, weekday subway ridership is up 2.5 percent in 2011 over 2010."
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