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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2018/04/uber-overtakes-taxis-in-nyc.html"> Revolutions</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
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<p>In an update to his <a rel="nofollow" href="http://toddwschneider.com/posts/analyzing-1-1-billion-nyc-taxi-and-uber-trips-with-a-vengeance/#update-2017" target="_blank">analysis of taxi and ride-share trips</a>, Todd Schnieder reports that the number of daily Uber rides exceeds the number of taxi rides in New York City, as of November 2017.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://toddwschneider.com/posts/analyzing-1-1-billion-nyc-taxi-and-uber-trips-with-a-vengeance/#update-2017" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Uber-nyc" title="Uber-nyc" src="http://revolution-computing.typepad.com/.a/6a010534b1db25970b01b8d2ec1e57970c-800wi"></a></p>
<p>The data is provided by the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/about/trip_record_data.shtml" target="_blank">New York Taxi and Limousine Commission</a>, and the analysis and graphics were created using the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-project.org/" target="_blank">open-source R language</a>. (The <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/toddwschneider/nyc-taxi-data/tree/master/analysis/2017_update" target="_blank">code and data</a> for the analysis are available on Github.) You can find a wealth of detailed analysis of rides in New York, including some gorgeous <a rel="nofollow" href="http://toddwschneider.com/posts/analyzing-1-1-billion-nyc-taxi-and-uber-trips-with-a-vengeance/#taxi-maps" target="_blank">maps</a> of pick-up and drop-off locations, at the link below.</p>
<p>Todd W. Schneider: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://toddwschneider.com/posts/analyzing-1-1-billion-nyc-taxi-and-uber-trips-with-a-vengeance" target="_blank">Analyzing 1.1 Billion NYC Taxi and Uber Trips, with a Vengeance</a></p>
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