The daily ridership dataset provides systemwide ridership and traffic estimates for subways (including the Staten Island Railway), buses, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, Access-A-Ride, and Bridges and Tunnels, beginning 3/1/2020 (4/1/2020 for LIRR and Metro-North), and provides a percentage comparison against a comparable pre-pandemic date.
This dataset has the following 15 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | date | calendar_date | The date of travel (MM/DD/YYYY). | 2021-05-04T00:00:00.000 2022-03-12T00:00:00.000 2021-12-15T00:00:00.000 2022-05-13T00:00:00.000 2020-07-10T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Subways: Total Estimated Ridership | subways_total_estimated_ridership | number | The daily total estimated subway ridership. | 2519444 3699932 2393347 821265 1925768 view top 100 |
| Subways: % of Comparable Pre-Pandemic Day | subways_of_comparable_pre_pandemic_day | number | The daily ridership estimate as a percentage of subway ridership on an equivalent day prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 0.6 0.72 0.63 0.7 0.61 view top 100 |
| Buses: Total Estimated Ridership | buses_total_estimated_ridersip | number | The daily total estimated bus ridership. | 8912 1519740 911579 819620 1046799 view top 100 |
| Buses: % of Comparable Pre-Pandemic Day | buses_of_comparable_pre_pandemic_day | number | The daily ridership estimate as a percentage of bus ridership on an equivalent day prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 0.01 0.63 0.6 0.64 0.65 view top 100 |
| LIRR: Total Estimated Ridership | lirr_total_estimated_ridership | number | The daily total estimated LIRR ridership. Blank value indicates that the ridership data was not or is not currently available or applicable. | 58005 82140 87401 167475 233588 view top 100 |
| LIRR: % of Comparable Pre-Pandemic Day | lirr_of_comparable_pre_pandemic_day | number | The daily ridership estimate as a percentage of LIRR ridership on an equivalent day prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 0.24 0.72 0.28 0.27 0.69 view top 100 |
| Metro-North: Total Estimated Ridership | metro_north_total_estimated_ridership | number | The daily total estimated Metro-North ridership. Blank value indicates that the ridership data was not or is not currently available or applicable. | 131127 220030 20269 91861 182790 view top 100 |
| Metro-North: % of Comparable Pre-Pandemic Day | metro_north_of_comparable_pre_pandemic_day | number | The daily ridership estimate as a percentage of Metro-North ridership on an equivalent day prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 0.15 0.14 0.13 0.7 0.68 view top 100 |
| Access-A-Ride: Total Scheduled Trips | access_a_ride_total_scheduled_trips | number | The daily total scheduled Access-A-Ride trips. Blank value indicates that the ridership data was not or is not currently available or applicable. | 12395 21641 22427 17545 27061 view top 100 |
| Access-A-Ride: % of Comparable Pre-Pandemic Day | access_a_ride_of_comparable_pre_pandemic_day | number | The daily total scheduled trips as a percentage of total scheduled trips on an equivalent day prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Blank value indicates that the ridership data was not or is not currently available or applicable. | 0.78 0.81 0.77 0.73 0.71 view top 100 |
| Bridges and Tunnels: Total Traffic | bridges_and_tunnels_total_traffic | number | The daily total Bridges and Tunnels traffic. Blank value indicates that the ridership data was not or is not currently available or applicable. | 962670 916246 1011491 736609 983846 view top 100 |
| Bridges and Tunnels: % of Comparable Pre-Pandemic Day | bridges_and_tunnels_of_comparable_pre_pandemic_day | number | The daily total traffic as a percentage of total traffic on an equivalent day prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Blank value indicates that the ridership data was not or is not currently available or applicable. | 0.98 0.96 1.02 1 0.99 view top 100 |
| Staten Island Railway: Total Estimated Ridership | staten_island_railway_total_estimated_ridership | number | The daily total estimated SIR ridership. | 3 6167 7414 3546 1449 view top 100 |
| Staten Island Railway: % of Comparable Pre-Pandemic Day | staten_island_railway_of_comparable_pre_pandemic_day | number | The daily ridership estimate as a percentage of SIR ridership on an equivalent day prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 0.44 0.47 0.4 0.41 0.45 view top 100 |