New York City Green Taxi Trip Records for 2016

2016 trip records detail individual green taxi rides in New York City. Each row includes pick-up and drop-off times and locations, trip distances, itemized fares, payment types, and passenger counts. The data is provided by the City of New York from submissions by Technology Service Providers.

Use Cases

• Predict Total_amount from Trip_distance, Fare_amount, and Tolls_amount using regression models.
• Analyze temporal patterns of passenger demand using lpep_pickup_datetime and Passenger_count.
• Cluster trip origins and destinations using PULocationID and DOLocationID for service area analysis.
• Classify Payment_type based on trip characteristics like Trip_distance and Fare_amount.
• Model Tip_amount as a function of Total_amount, Payment_type, and Trip_type.

Strengths

• Contains 23 detailed columns per trip, including geospatial IDs and itemized fares.
• Covers a full calendar year (2016) of taxi activity.

Limitations

• Exact row count is unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Data is limited to green taxis only, excluding yellow and other for-hire vehicles.
• Dataset is static for 2016, with no ongoing updates.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

Generated from trip record submissions by green taxi Technology Service Providers (TSPs).

Time Range

2016

Freshness

Last metadata update was December 2023, but data covers only 2016.

Geography

New York City (taxi zone locations)