FY2025

Transit in New York

105 agencies report to the National Transit Database from New York.

Boardings
3.54B
Operating cost
$18.45B
Cost per ride
$5.21
Fare recovery
30.3%
Agency City Modes Boardings Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
Brooklyn
Heavy Rail Bus +3
3.01B $3.70 $2.49 32.7%
New York
Bus
134.3M $8.12 $6.75 16.9%
New York
Commuter Rail
102.2M $22.11 $15.30 30.8%
New York
Commuter Rail Bus +1
78.5M $21.61 $13.14 39.2%
New York
Heavy Rail
64.3M $10.12 $7.34 27.4%
White Plains
Bus Demand Response
25.5M $7.86 $6.83 13.1%
Mineola
Bus Demand Response
20.7M $8.24 $6.65 19.3%
Albany
Bus Commuter Bus +2
18.5M $7.97 $6.65 16.5%
New York
Ferryboat
16.7M $12.01 — —
Buffalo
Light Rail Bus +1
16M $10.33 $8.52 17.5%
Rochester
Bus Demand Response +1
11.3M $10.40 $8.84 15%
Syracuse
Bus Demand Response
7.5M $11.63 $10.07 13.4%
New York
Bus Ferryboat
7.48M $11.44 $8.17 28.6%
Staten Island
Heavy Rail
5.44M $18.09 $17.05 5.8%
Yaphank
Bus Demand Response
4.3M $26.84 $25.04 6.7%
New York
2.86M $3.77 $-1.63 143.3%
Ithaca
Bus Demand Response
2.86M $7.34 $5.76 21.6%
New City
Bus Demand Response
1.96M $11.52 $11.51 0%
Binghamton
Bus Demand Response
1.63M $7.39 $5.49 25.7%
Monroe
Bus Demand Response
1.4M $5.59 $4.42 20.9%
Syracuse
1.31M $7.89 $6.96 11.8%
Poughkeepsie
Bus Demand Response
853.9K $16.73 $15.74 5.9%
Syracuse
614.9K $5.79 $4.56 21.3%
Calverton
Commuter Bus
544.9K $39.69 $-0.15 100.4%
Kingston
Bus Demand Response
526.7K $11.76 — —
Spring Valley
Commuter Bus
456.1K $12.14 $4.66 61.7%
Oneonta
Bus Demand Response
412.8K $6.93 $6.40 7.6%
Syracuse
409.6K $8.30 $7.29 12.2%
Hurley
Commuter Bus
358.7K $30.01 $1.67 94.4%
Elmira
Bus Demand Response
316.2K $16.37 $14.76 9.8%
Brooklyn
308.4K $10.90 $2.87 73.7%
New Windsor
Bus
278.2K $10.49 $10.20 2.7%
Queensbury
Bus Demand Response
216.3K $7.97 $7.17 10%
Brooklyn
Bus
183.3K $4.63 $0.00 100%
Canton
Bus
174.9K $18.70 $17.83 4.6%
Mayville
Bus Demand Response
154K $27.54 $25.95 5.8%
Rochester
Bus
152K $20.52 $19.41 5.4%
Monticello
Bus Demand Response
145.2K $13.09 $13.08 0%
Poughkeepsie
128.4K $5.41 $4.35 19.5%
Plattsburgh
Bus Demand Response
118.9K $14.05 $12.52 10.9%
Rochester
Bus
107.2K $27.33 $27.02 1.1%
Long Beach
Bus Demand Response
107.1K $39.32 $37.38 4.9%
Belmont
Bus
103.4K $19.63 $19.03 3.1%
Carmel
Bus Demand Response
103.2K $26.58 $24.79 6.7%
Corning
Bus
98.5K $7.61 $7.21 5.3%
Watertown
Bus Demand Response
94.9K $17.47 $16.27 6.9%
Huntington
Bus Demand Response
93.9K $72.34 $70.28 2.8%
Oswego
Bus Demand Response
93.6K $38.31 $37.87 1.2%
Elizabethtown
Bus
90K $13.62 $12.87 5.5%
Cortland
Bus Demand Response
89K $25.05 $23.80 5%
Goshen
Bus Demand Response
88.4K $29.60 $29.56 0.1%
Rochester
Bus
84.5K $24.27 $23.94 1.4%
Kingston
76.3K $16.41 $15.50 5.5%
Malone
Bus Commuter Bus +1
68.1K $24.16 $21.81 9.7%
65.5K $2.94 $2.64 10.2%
Richfield Springs
65.3K $7.44 $6.44 13.4%
Olean
Bus
63.5K $13.53 $13.33 1.5%
New City
Bus
60.8K $24.79 $24.33 1.8%
Ithaca
Demand Response
55.6K $54.87 $52.02 5.2%
Hornell
Bus Demand Response
52.7K $16.05 $14.66 8.6%
Cooperstown
51.5K $2.13 $0.80 62.3%
Gloversville
Bus Demand Response
47.6K $19.19 $16.88 12.1%
Rochester
Bus
47.4K $24.02 $22.90 4.7%
Bath
Bus
47.3K $11.54 $10.69 7.3%
Schoharie
Bus Commuter Bus +1
44.9K $21.76 $18.57 14.7%
Otsego
44.6K $3.70 $3.52 5.1%
Hudson
Bus Commuter Bus
42.3K $23.17 $21.64 6.6%
Rochester
Bus
41.3K $53.81 $53.15 1.2%
Rochester
Bus
38.8K $37.38 $36.47 2.4%
Lowville
Bus Demand Response
36.5K $29.75 $28.57 4%
Rochester
Bus
29.9K $37.44 $36.58 2.3%
Warwick
Bus Demand Response
26.9K $47.71 $46.56 2.4%
Monsey
Commuter Bus
26.5K $11.75 $-9.60 181.7%
Monroe
Bus Demand Response
26.4K $18.87 $17.30 8.3%
Middletown
Bus Demand Response
26.3K $27.25 $25.98 4.7%
Penn Yan
Bus
25.3K $31.05 $30.37 2.2%
Salamanca
Bus
25.2K $47.42 $46.55 1.8%
Cooperstown
Bus
24.5K $42.38 $41.07 3.1%
Watkins Glen
Bus Demand Response
23.5K $53.21 $52.43 1.5%
New Windsor
Commuter Bus
19.4K $109.09 $104.04 4.6%
Norwich
Bus
18.7K $86.48 $85.98 0.6%
Amsterdam
18K $30.26 $28.35 6.3%
Catskill
Bus Demand Response
16.7K $81.09 $78.18 3.6%
Wampsville
Bus
15.8K $56.96 $48.06 15.6%
Fonda
14.2K $45.67 $42.00 8%
Montgomery
Bus Demand Response
11.7K $34.85 $33.85 2.9%
Johnstown
Bus
11.7K $26.83 $25.99 3.1%
Utica
11.4K $37.92 $37.69 0.6%
Bath
10.6K $81.04 $80.00 1.3%
Lockport
Bus
8.7K $104.92 $103.50 1.4%
Wellsville
7.8K $11.63 $11.47 1.4%
Port Jervis
Demand Response
6.5K $34.70 $33.74 2.8%
Spring Valley
6.5K $32.97 $32.29 2.1%
Newburgh
Demand Response
5.9K $15.94 $15.44 3.1%
Goshen
Bus Demand Response
5.9K $49.67 $47.56 4.2%
Highland Falls
Demand Response
5.7K $16.98 $16.28 4.1%
Mechanicville
Bus
4.2K $30.10 $29.73 1.2%
Herkimer
2.9K $18.68 — —
East Greenbush
Commuter Bus
2.3K $103.50 $102.22 1.2%
Syracuse
858 $3.34 $-0.74 122.3%
Goshen
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Hurley
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Hurley
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Albany
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Hurley
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