README.md

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title: NYC Taxi Mobility Equity Dashboard
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sdk: docker
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license: mit

NYC Mobility Equity Dashboard

Debayan Mandal

An interactive Voilà + gridstack dashboard analyzing whether FHV and Yellow Taxi services are equitably distributed across NYC neighborhoods relative to demographic baselines.

Features

• Pickup & Drop-off choropleth maps for FHV and Yellow Taxi by month
• Diverging demographic maps showing deviation from citywide population baselines
• Top-10 stats tables split by service and direction
• Month slider to explore Jan–Mar 2025 data

Data Sources

• NYC TLC Trip Record Data (parquet via CloudFront)
• NYC Taxi Zones (Source Cooperative)
• NYC Census Blocks (OpenGeos)

Architecture

File	Purpose
data_pipeline.py	DuckDB setup, spatial joins, trip ingestion, relative risk
dashboard_helpers.py	Reusable map and stats-table builder functions
app.ipynb	Slim notebook — imports, widgets, layout, trigger
Dockerfile	Container setup for Hugging Face Spaces

Local Development

pip install -r requirements.txt
voila app.ipynb --template=gridstack

Course

GIS 322: GIS Programming II, Arizona State University