NYC Citywide Mobility Survey Trip Data 2024

Citywide Mobility Survey (CMS) Trip 2024 is a dataset from the New York City Department of Transportation detailing individual trips made by survey participants. It captures trip characteristics like origin, destination, mode, purpose, duration, distance, and associated costs. This dataset is part of a larger annual survey program composed of five linked tables for households, persons, days, and vehicles.

Use Cases

• Analyzing mode share and trip purpose using columns like 'mode_4', 'mode_6', 'mode_9_app', and 'transit_type'.
• Studying trip costs and parking behavior with fields such as 'park_cost', 'park_pay', 'park_type', and 'transit_access'.
• Modeling trip distances and durations using 'flag_distance', 'duration_minutes', and 'duration_seconds'.
• Examining origin-destination flows and zonal travel patterns via 'o_cms_zone', 'd_county', and 'o_in_region'.
• Investigating electric vehicle infrastructure usage through 'ev_charge_station_level_2' and 'ev_charge_station_level_4'.

Strengths

• Data is part of an official annual survey program by NYC DOT, indicating institutional rigor.
• Contains granular trip-level details including mode, purpose, cost, and duration.
• Is one of five linked tables (Household, Person, Day, Vehicle, Trip), enabling multi-level analysis.

Limitations

• Key metadata like row count, file size, and license are not provided by any source.
• The 'last updated' dates conflict between sources (2026-04-05 vs. 2026-04-01), creating uncertainty about freshness.
• Column list is only available from one platform (Socrata); completeness of the data schema is unclear.

Provenance

Source

New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT).

Collection Method

Annual survey of NYC residents assessing travel behavior, preferences, and attitudes.

Time Range

2024

Freshness

2026-04-05

Geography

New York City, including zones and counties.