2022 New York City Yellow Taxi Trip Records

City of New York provides trip records for yellow taxi rides. Data includes pick-up and drop-off times, locations, distances, fares, and passenger counts. The dataset was last updated in December 2023.

Use Cases

• Analyze fare distributions across different pick-up and drop-off taxi zone locations.
• Model trip distances based on pick-up and drop-off times and locations.
• Examine payment type preferences relative to reported passenger counts and rate types.
• Identify temporal patterns in trip volume using pick-up and drop-off timestamps.

Strengths

• Data is sourced directly from official Technology Service Provider submissions to the City of New York.
• Records include detailed itemized fare breakdowns for cost analysis.
• Dataset was updated in December 2023, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The total number of rows and columns is unknown, making it difficult to assess scale and feature completeness.
• Data is limited to a single year (2022), which may not capture seasonal or long-term trends.
• The license is unspecified, which could create uncertainty for commercial or redistribution use.

Provenance

Source

City of New York

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Last updated on 2023-12-16.

Geography

New York City