New York City Taxi Zone Geographic Boundaries

New York City's Taxi & Limousine Commission defines taxi zones based on Neighborhood Tabulation Areas to approximate neighborhoods for trip analysis. The data supports public visualization tools and an interactive dashboard updated monthly. The dataset's specific row and column counts are unknown.

Use Cases

• Map pickup and drop-off taxi zone locations to analyze neighborhood-level trip flows.
• Join taxi zone identifiers with trip record data to calculate origin-destination matrices.
• Use the zone shapefile to create geographic visualizations of TLC trip data.

Strengths

• Data is updated monthly, providing regular refreshes.
• Zones are based on the NYC Department of City Planning’s Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs).
• Published by the City of New York's official Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC).

Limitations

• The dataset lacks specific metadata such as row count, column names, and sample data.
• Geographic coverage is limited to New York City and may not be applicable elsewhere.
• The license is unspecified, which could create uncertainty for commercial use.

Provenance

Source

City of New York, Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC)

Collection Method

Derived from NYC Department of City Planning’s Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs).

Freshness

Updated monthly.

Geography

New York City