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Why did the author choose Washington, D.C. rather than NYC for which there is a public data set of 1 billion yellow cab trips and partial data on 19 million Ube
by greenleafjacob 10y ago
Why did the author choose Washington, D.C. rather than NYC for which there is a public data set of 1 billion yellow cab trips and partial data on 19 million Uber trips? [1]
[1] http://toddwschneider.com/posts/analyzing-1-1-billion-nyc-taxi-and-uber-trips-with-a-vengeance/ http://toddwschneider.com/posts/analyzing-1-1-billion-nyc-ta...
- danso 10y agoI think it's because the author is based out of Maryland...and the historical Uber trip data doesn't provide much insight on surge pricing, at least in the way the API can in real time and by specific vehicle.
- putdat 10y agoIf anyone wants to take a look at the TLC Yellow Cab dataset for December 2015 (without downloading the entire file), it can be viewed here: https://putdat.com/WgsjFsT https://putdat.com/WgsjFsT It's 2GB and ~11.5MM rows. That's about four trips per second!
- dajohnson89 10y agoBesides the author being local, DC has some pretty interesting demographic/geography patterns.