How many New Yorkers rely on public transportation?
54% of households in New York City do not own a car, and rely on public transportation.
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Overview of New York City's transit systemThe New York City subway has a daily ridership of approximately 2.4 million, and our bus system has a daily ridership of 1.2 million.
Europe's public-transit systems are so good that many urban Europeans go through life never learning to drive. Their wheels are trains, subways, trams, buses, and the occasional taxi. If you embrace these forms of transportation when visiting cities, you'll travel smarter.
States with the lowest rate of car ownershipRounding out the states with the lowest percentage of households that have at least one vehicle are: District of Columbia (64.3%) New York (71%)
Not only is the New York City public transportation system the most extensive in the country, but it's also one of the few that operates all night long. Both subway trains and bus services run 24/7.
According to the American Community Survey (ACS), public transportation commuters constituted about 5 percent of all workers in the United States in 2019.
From 2022 to 2026, the state with the highest public funding for public transportation in the U.S. will be New York with an authorized budget of around 11.2 billion U.S. dollars, followed by California and New Jersey with a budget of 10.3 and 4.5 billion U.S. dollars respectively.