I think unfortunately for your premise, there’s an entire country outside of New England and New England is also much less densely populated than New York City so if your only concern is maximizing ridership then we should shut every other rail project down right now and pour all the money...
New York City is planning on releasing hundreds of inmates from jails and facilities in the city, so as to prevent them from contracting the virus within close quarters. Those who have either already been released or have been targeted for release are over ...