MTA Daily Ridership Data: 2020-2025 Systemwide Estimates

Deprecated MTA dataset provides daily ridership estimates for subways, buses, commuter rails, and other services from March 2020 onward. It includes a percentage comparison against a comparable pre-pandemic date for each service. The data is hosted by data.ny.gov and was last updated on January 14, 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze post-pandemic recovery trends by comparing 'Total Estimated Ridership' columns against '% of Comparable Pre-Pandemic Day' columns for each service.
• Model daily demand for specific transit modes like 'Subways' or 'Buses' using the 'Date' and 'Total Estimated Ridership' columns.
• Compare recovery rates across different services (e.g., 'Metro-North' vs. 'LIRR') using their respective percentage comparison columns.

Strengths

• Covers 6 distinct MTA services (e.g., Subways, Buses, LIRR) with daily estimates.
• Provides a direct pre-pandemic comparison metric for each service via percentage columns.
• Data spans from March 1, 2020, to at least January 2025, capturing the pandemic and recovery period.

Limitations

• Dataset is deprecated; the description notes next-day estimates are provided elsewhere.
• Row count and total size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• License and author information are not provided in the input metadata.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Likely compiled from MTA operational and ticketing systems.

Time Range

2020-03-01 to 2025-01-14

Freshness

Last updated 2025-01-14 15:52:24; dataset is deprecated.

Geography

New York City metropolitan area, covering MTA services.