Shared Ride Passenger Counts at New York and New Jersey Airports, 2005 Onward

Quarterly data from 2005 onward on the number of passengers using shared ride services at airports operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The dataset is produced by the Port Authority from its Ground Transportation Information System (GTIS) and reflects passenger counts, which are registered separately from reservation numbers. It is hosted by data.ny.gov and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal trends in shared ride demand using the Month and Year columns.
• Compare passenger volumes across different airports using the Airport column.
• Forecast future shared ride passenger counts using the time-series structure of Month, Year, and Shared Ride Passengers columns.

Strengths

• Data covers a long time series beginning in 2005.
• Provides a clear distinction between passenger counts and reservation numbers as noted in the description.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey via data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Collected via the Port Authority's Ground Transportation Information System (GTIS) at airport Welcome Centers.

Time Range

Beginning 2005

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-15 21:52:33; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Airports operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey