How we found the worst place to park in New York City — using big data

Six thousand miles of road,

600 miles of subway track,

400 miles of bike lanes,

and a half a mile of tram track,

if you've ever been to Roosevelt Island.

So these are the numbers that make up
the infrastructure of New York City.

These are the statistics
of our infrastructure.

They're the kind of numbers you can find
released in reports by city agencies.

For example, the Department
of Transportation will probably tell you

how many miles of road they maintain.

The MTA will boast how many miles
of subway track there are.

But most city agencies give us statistics.

This is from a report this year

from the Taxi and Limousine Commission,

where we learn that there's about,
13,500 taxis here in New York City.

Pretty interesting, right?

But did you ever think about
where these numbers came from?

Because for these numbers to exist,
someone at the city agency

had to stop and say, "Hmm, here's a number
that somebody might want want to know."