Bicycle Ridership Over East River Bridges Reaches All-time High for Fifth Straight Year

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NYC DOT average daily cycling rates over the city’s four East River Bridges. Credit: NYC DOT.

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NEW YORK – New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn today announced bicycle ridership over the city's East River bridges reached an all-time high for a fifth straight year in 2025. An average of 28,853 cycling trips were taken across these city bridges each day, according to NYC DOT's annual bike traffic counts, which are conducted from April 1 to October 31 each year. These cycling counts include the Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg, and Ed Koch Queensboro Bridges, and represent a key metric for judging city cycling rates. This year's record-breaking bridge ridership represents a 30 percent increase over the nearly 22,000 average daily riders who used the spans at the same time 10 years ago, and nearly 18 times greater than the ridership recorded in 1980, when the city first began recording bridge cycling levels.