Ridership Data Portal

Information on rail, bus, and parking ridership from Metro's data systems is available at the links below as interactive online dashboards. Rail data is from 2012 to present, bus data is from 2019 to present and parking data is from 2012 to present. These are updated regularly with some lag depending on the data source. All data on the below dashboards should be considered preliminary.

Ridership Snapshots present a high-level overview of trends by month, and technical notes explain more details about the data.

Daily Bus and Rail ridership

These dashboards show daily systemwide ridership totals for Metrorail and Metrobus since 2019.

Daily rail and bus ridership

    Rail ridership

    These dashboards show entries and exits from Metro Rail faregates in detail.

    The no-tap data provided in the portal are estimates. The faregates detect no-tap riders who pass through the faregates without tapping ("tailgating"). Metro is continuing to calibrate faregate sensors to reduce incorrect detection of tailgating from bags, luggage, strollers, and bikes. We are also improving our data on riders who actively evade tapping by jumping or using the emergency gate. This may result in fluctuations to no-tap data over time. Metro Rail Tap and No-Tap Technical Notes

    Metro Rail ridership summary

        Bus ridership

        These dashboards show boardings on Metro Bus in detail as measured by passenger counting devices on-board the vehicles. Metro Bus Tap and No-Tap Technical Notes

        Metro Bus ridership summary

        Before January of 2019, ridership on buses was recorded and reported using taps on fareboxes. The dashboards below show these data for that time period.

        Metro Bus farebox ridership summary

              Metro parking use

              Metro parking usage summary

                  Other ridership data and technical notes

                  Ridership Snapshot Archives