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The $15 Per Ride You Didn't Know About: What 243 Million NYC Taxi Rides Reveal

DEV Community: elasticsearch·Ramakrishna Chilaka·about 1 month ago
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Lyft pays wheelchair-accessible drivers 204% of fare — a flat ~$15/ride bonus regardless of trip distance. Uber pays 101%. Same city, same mandate, completely different economics. The Dataset 243 million high-volume for-hire vehicle (FHVHV) trips in New York City — every Uber and Lyft ride recorded by the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission from the 2025 monthly releases. Two carriers, 265 taxi zones, and $6.5 billion in fare revenue. The TLC publishes trip-level data for all licensed vehicles. In the HVFHS dataset, each row is a single ride dispatched by a high-volume platform. The two active HVFHS license holders are Uber (HV0003, dispatching through 30+ base entities) and Lyft (HV0005, dispatching through 2 bases). See the TLC Trip Record User Guide for full field definitions.…

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