Annual Eastbound Traffic Volumes for New York-New Jersey Crossings

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey collects eastbound vehicle traffic volumes from its six major crossings. This dataset provides annual counts from 2002 through 2012, disaggregated by crossing, vehicle type, and year. It is published by data.ny.gov.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in 'Eastbound Volume' over 'Year' for a specific 'Bridge/Tunnel' to assess infrastructure demand.
• Compare 'Eastbound Volume' for different 'Vehicle Type' categories (autos, buses, trucks) across crossings to understand modal share.
• Model total annual traffic flow by aggregating 'Eastbound Volume' across all 'Bridge/Tunnel' entries for a given 'Year'.
• Identify seasonal or long-term patterns in commercial traffic by filtering 'Eastbound Volume' where 'Vehicle Type' is trucks.

Strengths

• 11-year time series from 2002 to 2012.
• Data disaggregated by six specific crossings, three vehicle types, and year.

Limitations

• Dataset ends in 2012, lacking recent data.
• Only includes eastbound traffic, not westbound or bidirectional totals.
• Sample size and row count are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Collected from toll plaza transactions at six vehicular crossings.

Time Range

2002 through 2012.

Freshness

Last updated in 2019, but data coverage ends in 2012.

Geography

Six Port Authority crossings between New York and New Jersey: George Washington Bridge, Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel, Goethals Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing, Bayonne Bridge.