NYC DOT - Citywide Mobility Survey

NYC DOT conducts a household travel survey called the Citywide Mobility Survey (CMS) to assess the travel behavior, preferences, and attitudes of New York City residents. The continuity of the survey allows us to track changes over time and analyze how factors such as COVID-19 have affected travel by New York City residents. NYC DOT takes a number of steps to ensure that the survey captures as representative a cross-section of New Yorkers as possible.

2024 Citywide Mobility Survey

In spring 2024, NYC DOT is conducting the next CMS with the goal of collecting a representative sample of all New Yorkers. Invited participants have the option to complete the survey online, by phone, or through a smartphone app, and in multiple languages.

For more information, please visit the survey website: nycmobilitysurvey.com

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2022 Citywide Mobility Survey

NYC DOT carried out the 2022 Citywide Mobility Survey between September 28 and November 17, 2022. We provide several ways to access survey results:

Summary report – Discover key results of the survey.

Complete dataset – For custom analysis, access the complete dataset, questionnaire, user guide, and the survey zone shapefile:

2022 Tables via NYC Open Data

2022 Citywide Mobility Survey Questionnaire

2022 Citywide Mobility Survey User Guide

Survey Zones Shapefile via NYC Open Data

Citywide Mobility Survey Archive

Surveys were also conducted in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. The 2017 and 2018 surveys consisted of an online or phone survey of roughly 3,000 New York City residents, who provided details of one day of travel. In the 2019 survey, participants could choose to download a mobile app and provide up to seven days of travel information. With all surveys, locations and identifying information have been removed from the public data sets to protect the privacy of participants.

2020 Citywide Mobility Survey: Transportation Impacts of COVID-19

In 2020, NYC DOT conducted surveys in the spring, summer and fall to understand how New Yorkers’ travel choices and preferences were affected by COVID-19. These surveys, which did not include a trip diary component, were distributed to participants in the 2019 survey who had agreed to be re-contacted.

October 2020 Citywide Mobility Survey Report October 2020 Citywide Mobility Survey Data via NYC Open Data July 2020 Citywide Mobility Survey Report July 2020 Citywide Mobility Survey Data via NYC Open Data May 2020 Citywide Mobility Survey Report May 2020 Citywide Mobility Survey Data via NYC Open Data

2019 Citywide Mobility Survey

2019 Citywide Mobility Survey Report 2019 Tables via NYC Open Data

2018 Citywide Mobility Survey

2018 Citywide Mobility Survey Report 2018 Tables via NYC Open Data

2017 Citywide Mobility Survey

2017 Citywide Mobility Survey Report

2017 Tables via NYC Open Data