New York City Yellow Taxi Trip Records for 2020

New York City yellow taxi trip records for the year 2020, generated from submissions by Technology Service Providers. Each row details a single trip, including pick-up and drop-off times, locations, distances, and fare breakdowns. The dataset is maintained by data.cityofnewyork.us and was last updated in December 2023.

Use Cases

• Predicting total_amount from trip_distance, passenger_count, and congestion_surcharge using regression models.
• Analyzing temporal demand patterns by clustering trips based on tpep_pickup_datetime and PULocationID.
• Modeling payment_type (e.g., cash vs. card) based on fare_amount, tip_amount, and trip_distance.
• Identifying high-congestion zones by correlating congestion_surcharge amounts with PULocationID and DOLocationID.
• Forecasting passenger_count using features like tpep_pickup_datetime (hour/day) and RatecodeID.

Strengths

• Contains detailed fare breakdowns across 18 columns including fare_amount, tip_amount, tolls_amount, and total_amount.
• Includes precise temporal data with separate tpep_pickup_datetime and tpep_dropoff_datetime columns.
• Provides granular spatial references via PULocationID and DOLocationID taxi zone identifiers.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Limited to a single year (2020), which may not represent typical travel patterns due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing verification of data distributions and null values.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2020

Freshness

Last updated in December 2023, but contains data from 2020.

Geography

New York City, USA (taxi zone locations).