Here’s the backstory: The New York City Taxi Limo Commission, or TLC, collects a number of pieces of information on every taxi trip in the city. This includes “pick-up and drop-off dates/times, pick-up and drop-off locations, trip distances, itemized fares, rate types, payment types, and driver-reported passenger counts.†(Pick-up and drop-off locations don’t use exact addresses and are reported at the neighborhood level, e.g. “Upper East Side†or “Astoria.â€)
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