MTA Bus Wheelchair Ramp and Lift Deployments by Borough, Beginning 2017

Beginning in 2017, this dataset tracks monthly wheelchair ramp or lift deployments on buses operated by the MTA. The data is organized by borough and deployment count, sourced from data.ny.gov. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal trends in accessibility device usage using month and deployment_count.
• Compare accessibility service demand across boroughs using borough and deployment_count.
• Forecast future ramp/lift maintenance needs using month and deployment_count time-series patterns.
• Assess equity of accessibility service provision across the city using borough and deployment_count.

Strengths

• Provides a multi-year time series beginning in 2017.
• Data is disaggregated by borough for spatial 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 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 13:08:00.

Geography

New York City boroughs