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Monthly Transportation Statistics

The data below reflect monthly vehicle traffic and public transit ridership numbers from 2019 to the present.

Silhouette of a BART rider inside a train at the North San Jose station.
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Noah Berger

To estimate the number of cars on the road and the number of passengers riding public transit, below are charts that show how many vehicles used Bay Area bridges, how many trips were taken in the BART system, and how many Clipper® cards were used each month, starting in January 2019.

These figures are intended to serve as a proxy to show the increase (or decrease) in traffic and ridership volumes. In all toll bridge figures, the data show vehicle crossings in the toll direction only. BART ridership is represented by the average of weekday exits from all stations.

Transit

BART Ridership

The average weekday BART station exits.

Month 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
January 395,860 388,922 43,012 83,790 126,346
February 407,339 404,553 47,665 103,173 145,265
March 409,516 166,577 51,595 124,094 149,051
April 414,411 25,142 57,886 132,181 157,264
May 412,165 29,878 64,934 132,161  
June 413,525 40,994 75,963 140,564  
July 401,465 45,637 83,491 130,418  
August 410,854 46,021 92,402 143,397  
September 426,758 48,838 103,177 155,236  
October 420,289 53,255 108,645 154,932  
November 411,183 52,197 106,455 138,853  
December 376,552 45,893 98,658 125,769  

 

Unique Clipper Cards Used

Figures below include both physical Clipper cards and digital Clipper cards.

Month 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
January 1,142,433 1,316,389 251,567 619,896 931,450
February 1,114,616 1,290,866 275,592 696,988 951,011
March 1,186,880 929,117 327,052 845,803 1,023,040
April 1,209,878 132,165 396,139 924,212 1,072,327
May 1,224,052 128,085 478,589 986,216  
June 1,239,978 185,054 580,373 1,071,592  
July 1,217,592 199,714 670,735 994,075  
August 1,327,026 225,855 721,733 1,090,963  
September 1,372,036 251,336 737,339 1,117,425  
October 1,379,416 305,102 814,664 1,101,357  
November 1,345,028 302,316 788,839 1,007,699  
December 1,362,519 264,500 781,866 995,266  

 

Driving

FasTrak Accounts

The number of unique FasTrak accounts in use.

Month 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
January 2,397,972 2,525,216 2,747,361 3,001,634 3,180,298
February 2,412,479 2,537,967 2,759,073 3,015,047 3,193,300
March 2,424,933 2,549,299 2,804,236 3,033,972 3,662,158
April 2,354,276 2,557,973 2,811,980 3,059,943 3,683,060
May 2,398,854 2,570,728 2,835,594 3,075,592  
June 2,405,800 2,594,017 2,859,538 3,079,315  
July 2,430,023 2,626,965 2,885,735 3,098,377  
August 2,439,637 2,656,740 2,914,140 3,115,082  
September 2,451,510 2,678,456 2,937,690 3,127,768  
October 2,461,065 2,699,207 2,956,919 3,144,427  
November 2,489,706 2,721,686 2,973,420 3,154,888  
December 2,506,723 2,730,221 2,986,581 3,155,709  

 

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Crossings

One-way toll crossings for the Bay Bridge.

Month 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
January 3,913,767 3,878,683 3,041,330 3,325,322 3,383,633
February 3,587,902 3,722,539 2,989,816 3,286,568 3,199,618
March 4,058,925 2,882,649 3,532,498 3,717,879 3,568,295
April 3,976,731 1,996,243 3,522,492 3,634,689 3,649,730
May 4,040,558 2,673,380 3,671,838 3,729,564  
June 4,006,902 3,036,424 3,673,837 3,622,401  
July 4,063,748 3,294,706 3,803,940 3,739,359  
August 4,113,916 3,382,756 3,737,917 3,803,975  
September 3,948,426 3,282,056 3,618,241 3,649,505  
October 4,047,327 3,504,554 3,700,292 3,754,261  
November 3,847,809 3,192,647 3,546,027 3,513,877  
December 3,882,964 3,111,694 3,529,143 3,513,520  

Other State Bridge Crossings

Combined, one-way toll crossings for the Antioch, Benicia-Martinez, Carquinez, Dumbarton, Richmond-San Rafael and San Mateo-Hayward bridges.

Month 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
January 7,538,500 7,568,435 5,521,839 6,025,847 5,769,969
February 6,910,031 7,343,547 5,599,047 6,036,446 5,364,167
March 8,017,445 5,491,765 6,559,287 6,853,492 6,454,883
April 7,920,998 2,617,992 6,620,209 6,708,990 6,974,515
May 8,201,831 4,745,633 7,062,323 6,956,649 6,974,515
June 8,202,155 5,856,837 7,126,052 6,847,223  
July 8,377,614 6,290,371 7,357,246 6,902,801  
August 8,549,843 6,260,897 7,171,602 7,139,527  
September 7,959,496 6,111,347 6,941,161 6,864,207  
October 8,136,759 5,533,549 7,022,015 7,114,002  
November 7,614,328 5,887,519 6,801,585 6,599,555  
December 7,551,545 5,737,554 6,667,872 6,465,731  

 

Freeway Service Patrol Assists

The number of assists by the Freeway Service Patrol.

Month 2021 2022 2023
January N/A 5,164 4,736
February N/A 5,013 4,268
March N/A 5,710 3,830
April N/A 5,314 3,467
May N/A 6,017  
June N/A 5,982  
July N/A 5,447  
August 5,950 5,546  
September 5,715 5,396  
October 6,161 6,325  
November 5,112 4,777  
December 4,628 4,198  

 

Freeway Service Patrol Wait Times

The average wait time (in minutes) for assists from the Freeway Service Patrol.

Month 2021 2022 2023
January N/A 10.56 14.55
February N/A 10.01 9.83
March N/A 11.12 11.38
April N/A 10.33 8.69
May N/A 9.23  
June N/A 10.9  
July N/A 14.86  
August 9.23 11.51  
September 9.33 11.54  
October 11.54 14.39  
November 9.47 10.42  
December 9.7 7.65  

 

Bay Area Bridge Crossings Data Visualization Tool

The Bay Area Council's interactive graph highlights current bridge crossing data compared to pre-pandemic levels.

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East Bay traffic near the on-ramp for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.