New York City Yellow Taxi Trip Records For 2016

Over 100 million yellow taxi trip records were submitted by Technology Service Providers for New York City in 2016. Each row details a single trip, including precise timestamps, GPS coordinates, and fare breakdowns. The data is published by the City of New York's open data portal.

Use Cases

• Predict total_amount from trip_distance, tpep_pickup_datetime, and RatecodeID using regression models.
• Cluster trips by PULocationID and DOLocationID to identify high-volume travel corridors.
• Analyze tip_amount variation by payment_type and passenger_count to study tipping behavior.
• Model surge pricing or demand patterns using fare_amount, extra, and tpep_pickup_datetime time-series analysis.

Strengths

• Includes detailed fare components: fare_amount, extra, mta_tax, tolls_amount, tip_amount, improvement_surcharge.
• Provides precise spatiotemporal data with pickup/dropoff datetime, longitude, and latitude columns.
• Covers a full calendar year of trip records for a major metropolitan area.

Limitations

• Exact row count is unknown, preventing assessment of statistical power.
• Limited to yellow taxi trips only, excluding other for-hire vehicle services.
• Data is from 2016 and may not reflect current travel patterns or fare structures.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

Generated from trip record submissions made by yellow taxi Technology Service Providers.

Time Range

2016

Freshness

Last updated metadata indicates 2023, but the underlying trip data is for 2016.

Geography

New York City, USA.