Since I've lived in NY, I've seen plenty of cool visualizations and stories...about where pickups happen, time of day, volume, etc., and I've periodically asked around, where does the data come from? Obviously I didn't ask well enough...because if all it took was an old-fashioned public request (and a brand new hard drive)...wow.
The trip data is interesting enough...but the fare data is really mind blowing. Everytime I get out of a cab, I wonder, "should I have tipped that much?" The (crowd-based) answer is apparently not that hard to find...
1. People aren't tipping
2. Cab drivers aren't reporting their tips.
Being a native new yorker, legality aside, I'd bet most cash tips go unreported. Reporting a tip makes that tip taxable, so there is a very strong incentive to bury it if they think they can avoid trouble or suspicion.
Then you can filter the data to show only CC transactions. There might be some additional variance of CC vs cash tipping, but I think the overall trend will still be there in just the CC transactions.
Since I've lived in NY, I've seen plenty of cool visualizations and stories...about where pickups happen, time of day, volume, etc., and I've periodically asked around, where does the data come from? Obviously I didn't ask well enough...because if all it took was an old-fashioned public request (and a brand new hard drive)...wow.
The trip data is interesting enough...but the fare data is really mind blowing. Everytime I get out of a cab, I wonder, "should I have tipped that much?" The (crowd-based) answer is apparently not that hard to find...