all passengers who board buses using a valid MetroCard, cash, transfer, Select Bus Service ticket, or student MetroCard.
Supplementary notes
Figures have been rounded.
The ridership does not include employees, non-revenue passengers (such as children under 44 inches tall traveling with an adult), and B42 riders boarding inside the paid zone of the Rockaway Parkway subway station.
The source does not provide an exact date of publication. The release date given is the date of access.
*Figures from 2015 were retrieved from previous versions of the report
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In 2021, the number of passengers who used the New York City Bus services amounted to million, a considerable year-over-year increase of *** thousand riders amid the COVID-19 pandemic. During 2021, the NYC Subway's ridership amounted to almost *** million passengers.
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