Hourly Bus Ridership Estimates by Route and Fare Type

Beginning in 2025, this dataset provides hourly bus ridership estimates for New York City, broken down by bus route and fare payment class. It is published by data.ny.gov and includes metrics on ridership, payment methods, and transfers.

Use Cases

• Analyze ridership patterns by bus_route and transit_timestamp to optimize service frequency.
• Model the relationship between payment_method and transfers to understand fare policy impacts.
• Forecast hourly ridership based on fare_class_category and historical transit_timestamp data.

Strengths

• Hourly granularity for detailed temporal analysis.
• Includes breakdowns by bus_route and fare_class_category.

Limitations

• Unknown sample size and total row count.
• Geographic coverage is limited to New York City.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Time Range

Beginning 2025

Freshness

Updated March 2026.

Geography

New York City