The Roosevelt Island Tram has been receiving alot of favorable publicity recently encouraging more and more people to take a ride.

For example:

According to the The Verge:

… To celebrate the tram’s birthday, The Verge’s social media maven Kirsten Frisina and myself took it for a spin and recorded the whole thing on Facebook Live. We talked about the tram’s unique place in the city’s transportation hierarchy, as well as what happens when a power surge knocked it out of commission a decade ago, trapping over a dozen commuters hundreds of feet above the East River for up to 12 hours. (Spoiler alert: there was peeing into bottles.)…

Very well done video. According to The Verge video, approximately 70% of Tram Riders are residents and 30% are visitors. Here’s more on the Roosevelt Island Tram 40th Anniversary Celebration.