MTA Daily Ridership Estimates from 2020 to 2025

Systemwide ridership and traffic estimates for New York's MTA subways, buses, commuter rails, paratransit, and bridges/tunnels, beginning March 1, 2020. The dataset provides daily figures and a percentage comparison against a comparable pre-pandemic date. It is a deprecated source, with next-day estimates now available elsewhere.

Use Cases

• Analyze daily ridership trends across MTA subways, buses, and commuter rails to measure pandemic recovery from 2020 onward
• Compare ridership percentage changes against pre-pandemic baselines for different transit modes like Access-A-Ride and Bridges and Tunnels
• Model systemwide traffic patterns using daily estimates for Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad

Strengths

• Covers daily estimates for six major MTA service categories from March 1, 2020
• Provides a specific percentage comparison metric against pre-pandemic ridership levels
• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, and XML

Limitations

• Dataset is explicitly deprecated by the provider, indicating it may not be maintained or updated
• No sample data or column schema is available, complicating initial analysis
• The exact temporal endpoint within 2025 is unspecified, limiting precise time range understanding

Provenance

Source

State of New York via Data.gov

Collection Method

Systemwide ridership and traffic estimates provided by the MTA.

Time Range

From March 1, 2020, through 2025.

Freshness

Last updated on January 17, 2025, but dataset is deprecated.

Geography

New York City metropolitan area, covering MTA services.