Observed arrival · 2026-10-06
Transit Lab puts NYC transit under the microscope
An independent New York City transit project publishes policy evaluations, performance trackers, interactive tools, and downloadable data.
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- NYC transit riders, researchers, and data users
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- Its bus-camera evaluation reports tickets per bus-hour fell about 40% within a year, while buses showed no measurable speed gain.
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The homepage separates evaluations of existing policies from proposals, then pairs them with route-level trackers and an interactive stop-closure comparison. Data is offered as cleaned, downloadable tables, with a browser SQL console and Parquet files plus a DuckDB database; documentation covers sources, methods, and caveats. The site identifies MTA, NYC DOT, TLC, and U.S. DOT as data sources and says Transit Lab is independent of the MTA.
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