Daily Transit Ridership Across Major U.S. Agencies

Daily Transit Ridership data includes counts for systems like New York City MTA Subway, San Francisco BART Rail, and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Bus and Rail. The dataset is provided by data.bts.gov and was last updated in October 2022. It tracks ridership over time with columns for Date, Mode, Year, Current Ridership, Agency, and Week Number.

Use Cases

• Forecast Current Ridership using Date, Agency, and Mode features in seasonal models.
• Analyze ridership trends by Agency and Year to compare performance across transit systems.
• Model the impact of Week Number and Mode on daily ridership volumes for resource planning.

Strengths

• Includes data from multiple major U.S. transit agencies for comparative analysis.
• Provides daily granularity with Date and Week Number columns for time-series analysis.

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Data recency is uncertain as the last known update was in October 2022.

Provenance

Source

data.bts.gov

Freshness

Last updated 2022-10-25.

Geography

Includes New York City, San Francisco, and Washington Metropolitan Area.