NYC DOT - Bicyclists - Bicycle Counts

NYC DOT conducts regular bike counts, which are summarized in Cycling in the City, an update on cycling trends in New York City that was first released in May 2016. Bike count data is available for the East River bridges and Midtown.

NYC Automated Bike Counters: Bikes Trips Summary

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Download the data presented in the NYC Automated Bike Counters: Bikes Trips Summary (.csv)

Visit NYC Open Data to review Bicycle Counts data

Visit NYC Open Data to review Bicycle Counter data

Please note there may be a delay in updates to the Open Data files.

East River Bridges

From 1980-2013, NYC DOT conducted periodic manual East River bridge bike counts. In 2014, NYC DOT installed automated counters, which provide continuous 24-hour data every day of the year that is averaged on a monthly basis. From 1980 to 2013, a multiplier of between 1.25 and 1.59 was applied to 12-hour 7am-7pm bicycle counts. This multiplier was developed from three years of automated count data collected since January 2014 and provides an estimated 24-hour count.
1980-2024 East River Bridge 24-Hour Cyclist Counts

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In 2014, NYC DOT installed automated counters, which provide continuous 24-hour data every day of the year. The documents below contain all count days, corresponding temperature and precipitation information, and a comparison to the same totals from the previous year.

April 2024 East River Bridge 24-Hour Cyclist Counts
May 2024 East River Bridge 24-Hour Cyclist Counts
June 2024 East River Bridge 24-Hour Cyclist Counts
July 2024 East River Bridge 24-Hour Cyclist Counts
August 2024 East River Bridge 24-Hour Cyclist Counts
September 2024 East River Bridge 24-Hour Cyclist Counts
October 2024 East River Bridge 24-Hour Cyclist Counts

Midtown

NYC DOT also counts cyclists entering and leaving the Manhattan core at 50th Street along the avenues and the Hudson River Greenway. This data was first recorded in 1980, and has been collected annually since 1985, and three times per year—typically in May, July, and September—since 2007.

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Midtown Bike Counts (pdf)
Midtown Bicycle Counts on NYC Open Data
Please note there may be a delay in updates to the Open Data files.

Uptown

NYC DOT periodically counts cyclists at 86th Street in Manhattan along the avenues, in the park, and on the greenways. This data was first recorded in 2007, and has been subsequently collected in 2011, 2015, 2016, and 2017, typically in October.
Uptown Bike Counts (pdf)
Uptown Bicycle Counts on NYC Open Data