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Monthly Transportation Statistics

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

Credit
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 2024
January 395,860 388,910 43,012 85,463 134,140 151,854
February 407,337 404,552 47,665 105,374 151,390 162,186
March 409,515 166,574 51,596 124,094 151,150  
April 414,397 25,136 57,886 132,181 159,696  
May 412,165 29,878 64,934 135,824 159,918  
June 413,521 40,979 75,963 140,564 158,361  
July 401,465 45,633 85,291 133,858 154,825  
August 410,854 46,020 92,402 144,008 166,637  
September 426,755 48,838 105,997 161,902 172,051  
October 420,277 53,255 109,781 159,099 171,277  
November 411,183 52,198 112,282 150,242 165,802  
December 376,551 45,893 102,993 130,283 144,070  

 

Unique Clipper Cards Used

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

Month 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
January 1,142,433 1,316,389 251,567 619,896 931,450 1,062,669
February 1,114,616 1,290,866 275,592 696,988 951,011 1,056,880
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 1,099,155  
June 1,239,978 185,054 580,373 1,071,592 1,134,944  
July 1,217,592 199,714 670,735 994,075 1,118,764  
August 1,327,026 225,855 721,733 1,090,963 1,212,111  
September 1,372,036 251,336 737,339 1,117,425 1,162,105  
October 1,379,416 305,102 814,664 1,101,357 1,205,360  
November 1,345,028 302,316 788,839 1,007,699 1,125,241  
December 1,362,519 264,500 781,866 995,266 1,137,979  

 

Driving

FasTrak Accounts

The number of unique FasTrak accounts in use.

Month 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
January 2,397,972 2,525,216 2,747,361 3,001,634 3,180,298 3,329,822
February 2,412,479 2,537,967 2,759,073 3,015,047 3,193,300 3,340,284
March 2,424,933 2,549,299 2,804,236 3,033,972 3,204,734  
April 2,354,276 2,557,973 2,811,980 3,059,943 3,217,088  
May 2,398,854 2,570,728 2,835,594 3,075,592 3,229,286  
June 2,405,800 2,594,017 2,859,538 3,079,315 3,243,361  
July 2,430,023 2,626,965 2,885,735 3,098,377 3,258,404  
August 2,439,637 2,656,740 2,914,140 3,115,082 3,275,346  
September 2,451,510 2,678,456 2,937,690 3,127,768 3,288,823  
October 2,461,065 2,699,207 2,956,919 3,144,427 3,298,923  
November 2,489,706 2,721,686 2,973,420 3,154,888 3,308,042  
December 2,506,723 2,730,221 2,986,581 3,155,709 3,316,856  

 

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Crossings

One-way toll crossings for the Bay Bridge.

Month 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
January 3,913,767 3,878,683 3,041,330 3,325,322 3,383,633 3,462,422
February 3,587,902 3,722,539 2,989,816 3,286,568 3,199,618 3,332,318
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 3,763,446  
June 4,006,902 3,036,424 3,673,837 3,622,401 3,673,225  
July 4,063,748 3,294,706 3,803,940 3,739,359 3,711,557  
August 4,113,916 3,382,756 3,737,917 3,803,975 3,795,223  
September 3,948,426 3,282,056 3,618,241 3,649,505 3,613,710  
October 4,047,327 3,504,554 3,700,292 3,754,261 3,686,944  
November 3,847,809 3,192,647 3,546,027 3,513,877 3,399,365  
December 3,882,964 3,111,694 3,529,143 3,513,520 3,573,283  

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 2024
January 7,538,500 7,568,435 5,521,839 6,025,847 5,769,969 6,485,811
February 6,910,031 7,343,547 5,599,047 6,036,446 5,364,167 6,304,254
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 7,386,349  
June 8,202,155 5,856,837 7,126,052 6,847,223 7,351,625  
July 8,377,614 6,290,371 7,357,246 6,902,801 7,327,483  
August 8,549,843 6,260,897 7,171,602 7,139,527 7,452,672  
September 7,959,496 6,111,347 6,941,161 6,864,207 6,972,622  
October 8,136,759 5,533,549 7,022,015 7,114,002 7,192,921  
November 7,614,328 5,887,519 6,801,585 6,599,555 6,775,420  
December 7,551,545 5,737,554 6,667,872 6,465,731 6,656,119  

 

Freeway Service Patrol Assists

The number of assists by the Freeway Service Patrol.

Most recent monthly figure is preliminary.
Month 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
January 6,724 7,917 3,890 5,164 4,736 7,265
February 6,143 7,136 3,809 5,013 4,268 5,654
March 7,006 7,791 5,179 5,710 5,279  
April 7,439 5,540 4,880 5,314 4,805  
May 7,760 5,987 4,548 6,017 5,100  
June 7,349 6,862 5,264 5,982 4,766  
July 8,599 4,748 5,866 5,447 4,336  
August 9,690 4,376 6,150 5,546 6,359  
September 8,846 4,370 5,842 5,396 6,103  
October 9,933 4,764 6,352 6,325 7,132  
November 7,497 3,971 5,291 4,777 6,676  
December 6,058 3,585 4,818 4,198 5,836  

 

Freeway Service Patrol Wait Times

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

Month 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
January 10.2 11.7 7.8 10.56 14.55 10.54
February 10.9 10.6 7.2 10.01 9.83 11.79
March 11.5 8.8 7.2 11.12 11.38  
April 9.7 9.2 8.5 10.33 8.69  
May 10.5 8.2 11.1 9.23 9.52  
June 11.6 10.1 11.6 10.9 10.11  
July 11.5 9.3 9 14.86 11.82  
August 10.9 10 9.23 11.51 12.54  
September 11.2 9.5 9.33 11.54 12.08  
October 11.5 10.6 11.54 14.39 13.09  
November 9.3 12.9 9.47 10.42 11.39  
December 11.2 10.6 9.7 7.65 13.01  

 

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.