MTA Monthly Ridership and Traffic Estimates Since 2008

MTA Monthly Ridership / Traffic Data provides systemwide ridership and traffic estimates for subways, NYCT bus, MTA Bus, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, Access-A-Ride, Bridges and Tunnels, and the Staten Island Railway. The dataset is published by data.ny.gov and contains monthly records beginning in January 2008.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal ridership patterns by comparing Ridership values across different Months for a specific Agency.
• Forecast future subway Ridership using historical Month and Ridership columns as a time series.
• Compare operational scale between Agencies like Metro-North Railroad and MTA Bus by aggregating Ridership totals.
• Identify long-term trends in commuter rail usage by plotting LIRR Ridership against Month from 2008 onward.

Strengths

• Monthly granularity allows for seasonal and trend analysis.
• Covers multiple MTA Agencies including subways, buses, and commuter rails.
• Time series begins in January 2008, providing over a decade of historical data.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count and file size.
• Sample data unavailable to verify data quality or completeness.
• License and author information are unknown.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Time Range

Beginning January 2008

Freshness

Last updated March 27, 2026.

Geography

New York Metropolitan Area, specifically MTA service regions.