Monthly Eastbound Traffic Volumes for New York-New Jersey Crossings

Monthly eastbound vehicle traffic volumes from January 2011 through December 2012 for six Port Authority crossings. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey collected toll plaza data, providing volumes for autos, buses, and trucks per crossing.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal traffic patterns by comparing Eastbound Volume across different Months for a specific Bridge/Tunnel.
• Compare vehicle type composition by calculating the proportion of trucks versus autos using the Vehicles Type and Eastbound Volume columns.
• Model total annual traffic flow for a crossing by aggregating Eastbound Volume by Year and Bridge/Tunnel.
• Assess relative usage of different infrastructure assets by ranking crossings based on their total Eastbound Volume.

Strengths

• 24 months of consistent data from 2011 to 2012
• Data disaggregated by three distinct Vehicles Type (autos, buses, trucks)
• Covers six major vehicular crossings in a key metropolitan region

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally limited to a two-year period ending in 2012
• Only includes eastbound traffic volumes, lacking westbound data for complete analysis
• Sample size (row count) and potential data collection methodology details are unknown

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Collected from toll plazas at six Port Authority vehicular crossings.

Time Range

January 2011 to December 2012

Freshness

Last updated in 2019, with no updates since the data period ended in 2012.

Geography

New York-New Jersey metropolitan area, specifically the George Washington Bridge, Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel, Goethals Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing, and Bayonne Bridge.