Updated September 23, 2020
We’re keeping this page up to date with systemwide ridership and traffic estimates for subways, buses, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, Access-A-Ride, and Bridges and Tunnels. You can see changes over the past seven days, as well as get a sense of how ridership and traffic differs this year versus last year. You can also download all the data for each agency that we have published on this page. We will generally update the page on weekdays, excluding holidays, with the prior day's figures. At times, data issues may delay the updates.
Subway
Date |
Total Estimated Ridership |
% Change From 2019 Weekday/Saturday/Sunday Average |
|---|---|---|
Tuesday, 9/22/20 |
1,695,041 |
-69.1% |
Monday, 9/21/20 |
1,622,751 |
-70.5% |
Sunday, 9/20/20 |
826,866 |
-65.6% |
Saturday, 9/19/20 |
1,136,264 |
-63.2% |
Friday, 9/18/20 |
1,724,776 |
-68.6% |
Thursday, 9/17/20 |
1,691,924 |
-69.2% |
Wednesday, 9/16/20 |
1,686,579 |
-69.3% |
Tuesday, 9/15/20 |
1,677,860 |
-69.5% |
About the subway data: Subway ridership figures are determined from MetroCard and OMNY swipes and taps. Figures from recent days may be revised as data reconciliation processes are carried out.
Download all the subway ridership data we have published.
Bus (Local, Limited, SBS and Express)
Date |
Total Estimated Ridership |
% Change From 2019 Weekday/Saturday/Sunday Average |
|---|---|---|
Tuesday, 9/22/20 |
1,051,900 |
-51% |
Monday, 9/21/20 |
1,018,100 |
-53% |
Sunday, 9/20/20 |
585,400 |
-43% |
Saturday, 9/19/20 |
761,600 |
-43% |
Friday, 9/18/20 |
1,073,000 |
-50% |
Thursday, 9/17/20 |
1,059,800 |
-51% |
Wednesday, 9/16/20 |
1,075,000 |
-50% |
Tuesday, 9/15/20 |
1,087,500 |
-50% |
About the bus data: Current bus ridership figures are estimated from models that use MetroCard and OMNY swipes and taps and Automatic Passenger Counter data that is available on a portion of our bus fleet. These figures are indicative of ridership but not a precise count. Figures from recent days may be revised as reconciliation processes are carried out.
Download all the bus ridership data we have published.
Long Island Rail Road
Date |
Total Estimated Ridership |
% Change From 2019 Monthly Weekday/Saturday/Sunday Average |
|---|---|---|
Tuesday, 9/22/20 |
87,400 |
-73% |
Monday, 9/21/20 |
89,700 |
-73% |
Sunday, 9/20/20 |
39,000 |
-61% |
Saturday, 9/19/20 |
46,800 |
-60% |
Friday, 9/18/20 |
90,700 |
-72% |
Thursday, 9/17/20 |
86,800 |
-73% |
Wednesday, 9/16/20 |
87,000 |
-73% |
Tuesday, 9/15/20 |
87,000 |
-73% |
About the LIRR data: LIRR ridership is estimated by a model using monthly, weekly, ten-trip, and daily ticket sales. Percent change is calculated based on 2019 monthly average weekday/Saturday/Sunday ridership figures.
Download all the LIRR ridership data we have published.
Metro-North Railroad
Date |
Total Estimated Ridership |
% Change From 2019 Monthly Weekday/Saturday/Sunday Average |
|---|---|---|
Tuesday, 9/22/20 |
61,000 |
-79% |
Monday, 9/21/20 |
61,800 |
-79% |
Sunday, 9/20/20 |
41,800 |
-60% |
Saturday, 9/19/20 |
64,600 |
-58% |
Friday, 9/18/20 |
65,700 |
-77% |
Thursday, 9/17/20 |
61,500 |
-79% |
Wednesday, 9/16/20 |
60,700 |
-79% |
Tuesday, 9/15/20 |
60,800 |
-79% |
About the Metro-North data: Metro-North ridership is estimated by a model using monthly, weekly, ten-trip, and daily ticket sales. Percent change is calculated based on 2019 monthly average weekday/Saturday/Sunday ridership figures.
Download all the Metro-North ridership data we have published.
Access-A-Ride
Date |
Total Scheduled Trips |
% Change From 2019 Weekday/Saturday/Sunday Average |
|---|---|---|
Tuesday, 9/22/20 |
21,103 |
-26.3% |
Monday, 9/21/20 |
19,488 |
-32.0% |
Sunday, 9/20/20 |
9,269 |
-48.4% |
Saturday, 9/19/20 |
12,246 |
-26.8% |
Friday, 9/18/20 |
20,702 |
-27.7% |
Thursday, 9/17/20 |
21,005 |
-26.7% |
Wednesday, 9/16/20 |
22,070 |
-23.0% |
Tuesday, 9/15/20 |
20,763 |
-27.5% |
About the Access-A-Ride data: To provide timely updates, this data presents scheduled Access-A-Ride trips as an indicator of demand, rather than completed trips. The process to reflect completed trips, including adjusting for on-demand trips, cancelations, no shows, and on-street issues, would delay release of data for several weeks.
Download all the Access-A-Ride ridership data we have published.
Bridges and Tunnels
Date |
Total Traffic |
% Change From 2019 Weekday/Saturday/Sunday Average |
|---|---|---|
Tuesday, 9/22/20 |
808,351 |
-13.1% |
Monday, 9/21/20 |
788,505 |
-15.3% |
Sunday, 9/20/20 |
705,596 |
-16.3% |
Saturday, 9/19/20 |
802,614 |
-11.8% |
Friday, 9/18/20 |
894,931 |
-3.8% |
Thursday, 9/17/20 |
848,024 |
-8.9% |
Wednesday, 9/16/20 |
816,708 |
-12.2% |
Tuesday, 9/15/20 |
815,700 |
-12.3% |
Download all the Bridges and Tunnels traffic data we have published.