MTA Bus Mean Distance Between Service Interruptions by Borough, 2015 Onwards

Beginning in 2015, this dataset tracks the reliability of New York City's MTA bus fleet. It reports the Mean Distance Between Service Interruptions (MDBSI), monthly mileage, and road call counts, aggregated by borough. The data is published by data.ny.gov and was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Forecast Monthly MDBSI trends using Month and Borough as features for time-series analysis.
• Analyze the correlation between Monthly Miles traveled and Monthly Road Call Count to assess fleet health.
• Compare service reliability across different Boroughs using Monthly MDBSI and Monthly Road Call Count metrics.

Strengths

• Time-series data beginning in 2015, providing a multi-year view of bus performance.
• Data is disaggregated by Borough, allowing for geographic comparison of service quality.
• Includes multiple operational metrics (MDBSI, mileage, road calls) for a multi-faceted analysis.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Time Range

Beginning 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 15:26:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York City, New York (by Borough)