INFERRING FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT DEPENDENCY ON PUBLIC TAXI RIDERSHIP A study on Chicago taxi ridership pre- and post-pandemic as per community areas By Aishwarya Mohgaonkar, Dishaddra Poddar | Under the guidance of Dr. Clio Andris Georgia Institute of Technology Introduction: The global pandemic created numerous impacts on cities and people, including a drastic change in travel within and outside of cities. This study is based in the city of Chicago, Illinois and focuses on the shift in the dependency on local taxi services during the pandemic. It aims to derive inferences on a community-area level in trying to understand why certain places may have a different dependency on taxi rides over others. Along with the effect of the pandemic, rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft greatly decrease the value of taxi medallions; (Source: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-taxi-industry-hit-hardamid-pandemic-ride-share-trip-increases/2502335/), thus further reducing the demand of local taxi rides. With these factors, will there be a uniformity in the shift in taxi dependency and ridership? If not, what are the other factors that drive this dependency?
There are 77 Community Areas in Chicago