The line graph illustrates the number of trips taken a day with Yellow Taxi, Uber, and Lyft in New York City between 2015 and 2018.
Overall, Yellow Taxi was the most used service from January 2015 to January 2016, after which it decreased significantly. Notably, the use of ride-sharing services increased, with Uber being the most preferable one.
Yellow Taxi was the most popular service for most of the period, with 400k trips made in January 2015, followed by a considerable rise to 450k, reaching its peak at the same time. In the next period, the number of times people used Yellow Taxi showed a fluctuating downward trend until January 2017. After decreasing, it recovered its figure, hovering around 300k.
The remaining two, Uber and Lyft, experienced a substantial increase throughout the period. Uber started the period with 90k trips, whereas Lyft was introduced in July 2015, accounting for 10k. The former saw a gradual rise in the number of trips, surpassing Yellow Taxi as the most populous service in July 2017. Finally, Uber hit a new high of 450k trips, while Lyft continued to grow, making only 100k trips at the end.