Boston will be able to mine a treasure trove of data on every Uber trip in the city to help craft transportation polices after the ride-sharing company yesterday said it had agreed to share the information in a ground-breaking partnership.
"This is going to be a useful tool to help inform policy planning and operation," said Jascha Franklin-Hodge, the Hub's chief information officer. "This data provides interesting sorts of insight to transportation patterns in the city."
Uber said it will give Boston data on where a person is picked up and dropped off, the time of day and the distance traveled. The data will be aggregated and will be anonymous, identified only by ZIP code.
"Boston joins Uber in a first-of-its-kind partnership to help expand the city's capability to solve problems by leveraging data provided by Uber," the company said in a blog post. "The data will provide new insights to help manage urban growth, relieve traffic congestion, expand public transportation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
City Hall will get the first batch of information in two weeks, and then it will be released quarterly.
"One of the most interesting things we'll be able to get from this data set is travel time between neighborhoods in the city of Boston, looking at how long it takes to get from Mattapan to downtown," Franklin-Hodge said. "This is going to give us really useful data about travel patterns and travel time."
Franklin-Hodge said one of the first things his office will do is develop a baseline for things like travel time and congested routes so future policy discussions have a starting point. The city will then be able to use that baseline to see, for example, the impact of new development on travel times.
"In Boston, data is driving our conversations, our policymaking and how we envision the future of our city. We are using data to change the way we deliver services, and we welcome the opportunity to add to our resources," Mayor Martin J. Walsh said in a statement. "This will help us reach our transportation goals, improve the quality of our neighborhoods and allow us to think smarter, finding more innovative and creative solutions to some of our most pressing challenges."
Uber has been the subject of regulatory battles across the country and state, including in Boston, where Walsh has created a Taxi Advisory Committee to examine possible regulations on ride-sharing companies.
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