Transportation Network Providers - Drivers

All drivers reported by Transportation Network Providers (sometimes called rideshare companies) to the City of Chicago as part of the licensing process and routine reporting required by ordinance. Inclusion of a driver in a monthly report indicates that the driver was eligible for trips in Chicago in that month for at least one day, regardless of whether he or she actually provided any rides. If a driver is eligible in multiple months, which is common, he or she will have records in each of these reporting months.

As of the creation of this dataset, there have been four TNPs licensed to operate in Chicago, although never more than three at any given time and currently three. Drivers reported by more than one company in the same month are combined and the MULTIPLE_TNPS column is marked as TRUE. However, the matching process is imperfect so not all such drivers are necessarily identified. Similarly, matching between the licensing and routine reporting databases is imperfect, creating potential for occasional errors.

The reporting is done on a monthly basis, as indicated in the MONTH_REPORTED column. However, starting in 2018, the reports are batched and files for all three months in a quarter are delivered to the City of Chicago at the end of each quarter. Due to an issue in this transition, some vehicle records for Q2 2018 (April-June) were reported for the quarter as a whole, rather than for individual months. For purposes of this dataset, those records have been assigned to 2018-06 (June). Therefore, some caution in interpreting this month and the quarter as a whole is advised.

本数据集收录了交通运输网络提供商（有时亦称共享出行公司）在许可证申请和依照法规要求的常规报告中提交至芝加哥市的全部驾驶员信息。每月报告中包含的驾驶员信息表明，该驾驶员在该月份至少有一天具备在芝加哥提供行程的资格，无论其实际是否提供了服务。若驾驶员在多个月份具备资格，这在实际情况中较为常见，则其记录将分别出现在每个报告月份中。至本数据集创建之时，芝加哥已批准四家交通运输网络提供商运营，但任何时候最多仅有三家，目前为三家。同一月份内由多家公司报告的驾驶员信息将被合并，并在“MULTIPLE_TNPS”列中标记为“TRUE”。然而，由于匹配过程的不完美，并非所有此类驾驶员都能被识别出来。同样，许可证数据库与常规报告数据库之间的匹配也存在不完美之处，可能导致偶尔出现错误。报告以月度为基准，如“MONTH_REPORTED”列所示。然而，自2018年起，报告被批量处理，每个季度的所有三个月份的文件将在季度结束时交付至芝加哥市。由于过渡期间出现的问题，2018年第二季度（四月至六月）的一些车辆记录被作为整个季度的报告，而非按月报告。因此，在解读此月份及整个季度时需谨慎。