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Daily passenger count data for buses in the Greater Recife metropolitan region from Insper's Observatório Nacional de Mobilidade Sustentável (National Observatory of Sustainable Mobility).

Usage

rec_passengers

Format

A data frame with 237,852 rows and 6 variables:

abbrev_company

Character, abbreviated name of the bus company

name_company

Character, full name of the bus company

code_line

Character, unique code identifier for the bus line

name_line

Character, name and route description of the bus line

date

Date, daily observation date (YYYY-MM-DD), data from 2024

passengers

Numeric, total number of passengers transported on that date for the specific line

Source

Insper - Observatório Nacional de Mobilidade Sustentável https://dataverse.datascience.insper.edu.br DOI: 10.60873/FK2/JEYM0J

Details

This dataset contains daily passenger count information for the Greater Recife bus system. It provides detailed insights into public transportation usage patterns, allowing analysis of temporal trends, peak periods, and route popularity.

The dataset is part of Insper's broader research initiative on sustainable urban mobility. The Observatório Nacional de Mobilidade Sustentável analyzes this transportation data to support evidence-based policy making and urban planning decisions.

With over 237,000 observations, the dataset enables comprehensive analysis of passenger flow patterns across different bus lines and time periods.

See also

rec_buslines for bus line reference data