Day-by-day ridership numbers

We’re sharing our ridership and traffic data each day to help you understand how many people are using our services in and around New York City.

Updated July 25, 2022

We’re keeping this page up-to-date with systemwide ridership and traffic estimates for subways, buses, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North RailroadAccess-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 versus before the pandemic. Subway, bus, Access-A-Ride, and Bridges and Tunnels figures are compared with the equivalent day between 3/1/19 and 2/29/20. LIRR and Metro-North figures are compared with 2019 averages. We will generally update the page on weekdays, excluding holidays, with the prior day's figures. At times, data issues may delay the updates.

Download all the data we have published to this page, available on the NYS Open Data portal.

Subway including Staten Island Railway

Date

Total Estimated Ridership

% of Comparable Pre-Pandemic Day

Sunday, 7/24/22

1,590,872

65.3%

Saturday, 7/23/22

2,026,454

66.4%

Friday, 7/22/22

2,946,654

55.4%

Thursday, 7/21/22

3,114,450

56.0%

Wednesday, 7/20/22

3,196,767

57.1%

Tuesday, 7/19/22

3,175,273

60.1%

Monday, 7/18/22

2,725,287

53.9%

Sunday, 7/17/22

1,674,871

76.8%

Saturday, 7/16/22

2,093,213

79.1%

Friday, 7/15/22

3,027,095

58.1%

About the subway data: Subway ridership figures are determined from MetroCard and OMNY swipes and taps, and include ridership on the Staten Island Railway. Figures from recent days may be revised as data reconciliation processes are carried out.

Bus (Local, Limited, SBS, and Express)

Date

Total Estimated Ridership

% of Comparable Pre-Pandemic Day

Sunday, 7/24/22

607,499

54.0%

Saturday, 7/23/22

810,699

58.0%

Friday, 7/22/22

1,206,833

59.2%

Thursday, 7/21/22

1,274,937

59.3%

Wednesday, 7/20/22

1,341,087

61.4%

Tuesday, 7/19/22

1,361,552

67.1%

Monday, 7/18/22

1,204,569

60.5%

Sunday, 7/17/22

700,797

68.0%

Saturday, 7/16/22

858,216

67.5%

Friday, 7/15/22

1,288,298

62.8%

About the bus data: Bus ridership figures through 9/30/20 were 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. Ridership figures from 10/1/20 onward are a count of MetroCard and OMNY swipes and taps plus an estimate of cash fares paid. Figures from recent days will be revised as data is transmitted from buses and reconciliation processes are carried out.

Long Island Rail Road

Date

Total Estimated Ridership

% of 2019 Monthly Weekday/Saturday/Sunday Average

Sunday, 7/24/22

82,700

88%

Saturday, 7/23/22

99,300

88%

Friday, 7/22/22

174,900

58%

Thursday, 7/21/22

173,100

60%

Wednesday, 7/20/22

180,700

63%

Tuesday, 7/19/22

180,700

63%

Monday, 7/18/22

162,200

56%

Sunday, 7/17/22

82,000

88%

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.

Metro-North Railroad

Date

Total Estimated Ridership

% of 2019 Monthly Weekday/Saturday/Sunday Average

Sunday, 7/24/22

68,300

85%

Saturday, 7/23/22

86,200

89%

Friday, 7/22/22

138,100

51%

Thursday, 7/21/22

150,400

58%

Wednesday, 7/20/22

157,000

61%

Tuesday, 7/19/22

160,300

62%

Monday, 7/18/22

132,800

50%

Sunday, 7/17/22

80,200

100%

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.

Access-A-Ride

Date

Total Scheduled Trips

% of Comparable Pre-Pandemic Day

Sunday, 7/24/22

TBD

TBD

Saturday, 7/23/22

TBD

TBD

Friday, 7/22/22

23,926

86.6%

Thursday, 7/21/22

24,308

82.8%

Wednesday, 7/20/22

25,590

84.2%

Tuesday, 7/19/22

24,933

85.8%

Monday, 7/18/22

22,670

86.1%

Sunday, 7/17/22

13,868

89.7%

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, cancellations, no shows, and on-street issues, would delay release of data for several weeks.

Bridges and Tunnels

Date

Total Traffic

% of Comparable Pre-Pandemic Day

Sunday, 7/24/22

908,767

95.4%

Saturday, 7/23/22

945,847

96.1%

Friday, 7/22/22

993,037

95.7%

Thursday, 7/21/22

954,280

94.1%

Wednesday, 7/20/22

945,289

96.5%

Tuesday, 7/19/22

932,398

101.9%

Monday, 7/18/22

877,737

96.2%

Sunday, 7/17/22

900,361

103.0%