MTA Capital Program budgets detail five-year investment plans for public transportation projects. The dataset includes a breakdown of budget elements like Current Budget, Baseline Budget, and Expenditures for each project. Data is provided by data.ny.gov and was last updated on 2026-05-26.
Use Cases
- Track budget variance by comparing Current Budget and Baseline Budget for each Project ID.
- Analyze spending efficiency by correlating Expenditures with project Task and Update Date.
- Monitor project annotations and ACEP (likely a program code) to understand funding adjustments or special conditions.
Strengths
- Includes detailed financial columns like Current Budget, Baseline Budget, and Expenditures for granular analysis.
- Provides historical context with data beginning in 2020 and an Update Date column for tracking changes.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- data.ny.gov
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from official MTA capital planning documents.
- Time Range
- Beginning 2020
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-26 14:42:06; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) service region, likely New York.