District of Columbia Taxi Trips with Airport and Block Assignments

Taxi trip data from the District of Columbia's Department of For Hire Vehicles, processed to assign pick-up and drop-off locations to city blocks and major airports. Pick-up and drop-off times are rounded to the nearest hour, and block assignments are derived from the DC Master Address Repository using a 250-meter radius tolerance. The dataset is provided for public transparency and governance purposes.

Use Cases

• Analyze trip patterns by assigned airport (Reagan, BWI, Dulles) to model airport transportation demand.
• Study temporal traffic flows using the rounded pick-up and drop-off hour data.
• Map trip origins and destinations using the assigned block locations derived from lat/long coordinates.
• Assess the spatial distribution of taxi services relative to the DC Master Address Repository blocks.

Strengths

• Data is processed with spatial assignments to city blocks and airport polygons, adding analytical structure.
• Publicly released under a CC-BY license, supporting open use and redistribution.
• Maintained by the official District of Columbia Department of For Hire Vehicles for governance transparency.

Limitations

• Trip times are rounded to the nearest hour, reducing temporal precision for minute-level analysis.
• Block assignments use a 250-meter radius tolerance, which may introduce locational inaccuracies.
• Data accuracy is disclaimed by the provider, as it is derived from electronic sources that cannot be guaranteed.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia Department of For Hire Vehicles (DFHV)

Collection Method

Derived from electronic trip records, processed by OCTO to assign block and airport locations.

Time Range

2024

Freshness

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Geography

District of Columbia, with airport assignments for Reagan, BWI, and Dulles.