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 8, 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

Thursday, 7/7/22

3,119,021

56.7%

Wednesday, 7/6/22

3,071,994

55.1%

Tuesday, 7/5/22

2,808,344

51.4%

Monday, 7/4/22

1,610,023

59.2%

Sunday, 7/3/22

1,656,516

54.8%

Saturday, 7/2/22

1,848,997

58.0%

Friday, 7/1/22

2,832,622

51.8%

Thursday, 6/30/22

3,157,856

55.8%

Wednesday, 6/29/22

3,255,953

56.1%

Tuesday, 6/28/22

3,255,185

58.9%

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

Thursday, 7/7/22

1,181,593

56.8%

Wednesday, 7/6/22

1,282,538

58.8%

Tuesday, 7/5/22

1,225,505

56.5%

Monday, 7/4/22

686,649

61.5%

Sunday, 7/3/22

700,518

63.6%

Saturday, 7/2/22

824,027

61.8%

Friday, 7/1/22

1,214,888

61.0%

Thursday, 6/30/22

1,295,504

62.2%

Wednesday, 6/29/22

1,322,332

58.6%

Tuesday, 6/28/22

1,326,627

63.0%

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

Thursday, 7/7/22

173,400

60%

Wednesday, 7/6/22

173,600

61%

Tuesday, 7/5/22

170,000

59%

Monday, 7/4/22

85,700

92%

Sunday, 7/3/22

86,600

93%

Saturday, 7/2/22

84,500

75%

Friday, 7/1/22

151,200

51%

Thursday, 6/30/22

191,900

67%

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

Thursday, 7/7/22

151,100

58%

Wednesday, 7/6/22

153,500

59%

Tuesday, 7/5/22

150,200

58%

Monday, 7/4/22

72,500

90%

Sunday, 7/3/22

73,900

92%

Saturday, 7/2/22

75,200

78%

Friday, 7/1/22

117,800

44%

Thursday, 6/30/22

158,300

61%

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

Thursday, 7/7/22

25,119

84.8%

Wednesday, 7/6/22

25,372

84.4%

Tuesday, 7/5/22

22,800

76.5%

Monday, 7/4/22

10,976

84.3%

Sunday, 7/3/22

14,822

86.8%

Saturday, 7/2/22

12,878

80.1%

Friday, 7/1/22

23,983

86.0%

Thursday, 6/30/22

24,651

83.2%

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

Thursday, 7/7/22

946,553

97.5%

Wednesday, 7/6/22

917,894

95.7%

Tuesday, 7/5/22

925,869

97.5%

Monday, 7/4/22

772,949

100.5%

Sunday, 7/3/22

845,877

90.7%

Saturday, 7/2/22

823,425

85.1%

Friday, 7/1/22

998,259

95.5%

Thursday, 6/30/22

1,011,864

96.9%