5.33 GB Urban Telemetry · 120M+ Multi-Year Trips · NOAA Weather
The City Is a Machine
5.33 GB of urban telemetry. 120M+ trips. Weather, geography, fares, congestion, and human behavior. I wanted to see what happens when you put them together and find out how a city moves, makes money, and reacts when things go wrong.
EXPLORATION MODE
ACT 01 — MOVEMENTChapter 1 of 5
How 120 Million Trips Flow Across New York
Every day in New York City, over 300,000 trips carve arterial paths through 263 official taxi zones. Instead of treating mobility as a simple aggregated total, we track how trip volume shifts across months, hours, and boroughs.
Total Trips Analyzed
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100% audited parquet rows
Active Boroughs
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Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, SI
Manhattan Share
81.5%
Concentrated core demand
Outer Borough Rides
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Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx
Monthly Trip Volume Progression (Thousands)
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The Key Discovery: Post-COVID Commute Structural Shift
Morning Midtown 8 AM rush hour rides dropped dramatically compared to pre-2019 baselines due to hybrid/remote work. However, afternoon peak hours (4 PM – 7 PM) and weekend evening trips returned to 100% capacity.