2017 New York City Yellow Taxi Trip Records

Records from 2017 detail individual yellow taxi trips in New York City, submitted by Technology Service Providers. Each row includes pick-up and drop-off times, locations, distances, fares, and payment details. The dataset was published by data.cityofnewyork.us and last updated in December 2023.

Use Cases

• Predict total_amount from trip_distance, fare_amount, and tolls_amount using regression models.
• Analyze peak hour demand by aggregating trips based on tpep_pickup_datetime and PULocationID.
• Model payment_type preference correlations with tip_amount and trip_distance.
• Cluster trip patterns using PULocationID and DOLocationID to identify common routes.

Strengths

• Contains 15 detailed columns per trip record, including itemized fares and precise timestamps.
• Covers a full calendar year (2017) of taxi activity.

Limitations

• Exact row count and dataset size are unknown.
• Limited to yellow taxi trips, excluding other for-hire vehicle services.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2017

Freshness

Data from 2017, last updated in 2023.

Geography

New York City, USA.