NYC E-Z Pass Traffic Speed Data for Street Planning, July 2024 Onward

E-Z Pass readers installed throughout New York City collect traffic speed data on local streets. The data is used by the City of New York to plan traffic calming measures and street reorganizations, such as the Midtown in Motion program. The dataset is updated as of March 22, 2026, and covers data from July 2024 onward, though some data from May to June 2025 may be unavailable.

Use Cases

• Modeling traffic speed patterns based on sensor readings across NYC streets.
• Planning traffic calming interventions based on localized speed data.
• Evaluating congestion management programs like Midtown in Motion based on traffic flow data.
• Analyzing temporal trends in urban traffic based on continuous sensor data collection.

Strengths

• Data is used for official city planning projects like Midtown in Motion.
• Covers a defined geographic area (NYC local streets) and a specific time period starting July 2024.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, RDF, XML).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• A specific data gap is noted for May 17, 2025, through June 30, 2025.

Provenance

Source

City of New York

Collection Method

Collected via E-Z Pass readers installed on NYC streets.

Time Range

July 2024 onward (with a noted gap May-June 2025).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:49:07.952171; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City local streets, with specific mention of Midtown Manhattan (1st to 9th Ave, 42nd to 57th St).