Monthly Coach Bus Passenger Counts at New York and New Jersey Airports, 2002 Onward

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey provides monthly counts of in-bound, out-bound, and connecting coach bus passengers at John F. Kennedy International, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty International airports. The data represents aggregate ticket sales for single-destination trips between these airports and New York City bus stations. It is produced quarterly and begins in 2002.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal passenger trends using the Year and Month columns.
• Compare coach bus usage across different airports using the Airport column.
• Forecast future passenger volumes using the Coach Bus PAX column as a time series.

Strengths

• Data covers three major airports over a period beginning in 2002, providing a long-term view.
• Aggregate passenger counts are provided for distinct trip types (in-bound, out-bound, connecting).
• Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).

Limitations

• Row count and total data size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset description does not specify the license or original author.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the source platform and region.

Provenance

Source

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, published via data.ny.gov.

Collection Method

Aggregated from coach bus company ticket sales.

Time Range

Beginning 2002.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-15 21:54:14; freshness should be verified.

Geography

John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, and NYC bus stations.