New York City Taxi and For-Hire Vehicle Trip Records

New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) Trip Record Data contains records of trips taken by taxis and for-hire vehicles in New York City. The dataset is hosted on AWS Open Data and is provided by the City of New York Taxi and Limousine Commission. The license is the City of New York's Terms of Use.

Use Cases

• Modeling taxi demand patterns based on trip volume and location data.
• Analyzing urban mobility and traffic flow based on trip origin and destination points.
• Forecasting transportation revenue and usage trends based on historical trip records.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the official city regulatory body, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission.
• The dataset covers a major metropolitan area, New York City.
• Access is free, with anonymous downloads available via documentation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

City of New York Taxi and Limousine Commission

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

New York City