MTA Capital Program Projects with Quarterly Budget and Schedule Updates

Quarterly updates track budgets, scopes, and schedules for Metropolitan Transportation Authority capital projects from the 2005-2009 program to the present. The data includes fields for percentage complete, budget changes, and milestone dates for construction and design. It is published by data.ny.gov and was last updated in December 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in SCOPE_CHANGE and OVERALL_SCOPE_CHANGE to identify projects with frequent modifications.
• Forecast CURRENT_COMPLETION_YYYY using historical PERCENTAGE_COMPLETE and BUDGET_VS_CURRENT_BUDGET data.
• Compare AGENCY_NAME performance by tracking ORIGINAL_COMPLETION_YYYY against CURRENT_COMPLETION_YYYY.
• Identify high-cost MEGA_PROJECTS and their associated LATEST_APPROVED_BUDGET for portfolio analysis.

Strengths

• Tracks projects across multiple 5-year capital programs from 2005 onward.
• Includes over 30 columns detailing budget, schedule, scope, and agency information.
• Provides quarterly update frequency for monitoring project changes.

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority region.
• Data completeness for older programs (pre-2009) may be inconsistent.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Administrative reporting from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Time Range

From 2005 to present.

Freshness

Updated quarterly; last update was December 2025.

Geography

New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority service region.