Reduced-Fare MetroCard Ridership Monthly Totals 2018-2023

Monthly subway and bus journeys made by passengers using Reduced-Fare MetroCards from 2018 to 2023. The dataset is retired by data.ny.gov, with current data available in hourly ridership datasets.

Use Cases

• Analyze monthly ridership trends for reduced-fare passengers using the `month` and `journeys` columns.
• Compare reduced-fare usage across different transport modes (e.g., subway vs. bus) using the `transport` column.
• Assess the geographic distribution of reduced-fare ridership across New York City boroughs using the `borough` column.
• Model seasonal patterns in reduced-fare transit demand by analyzing the `month` and `journeys` time series.

Strengths

• Covers a 6-year period from 2018 to 2023.
• Provides disaggregated data by transport mode and borough.

Limitations

• Dataset is retired and no longer updated.
• Sample data and total row count are unavailable for assessing volume.
• Limited to monthly aggregates, lacking finer temporal granularity like daily or hourly data.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov / New York City Transit (NYCT).

Time Range

2018 - 2023

Freshness

Dataset retired; last updated 2024-08-27.

Geography

New York City, New York, USA.