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# Uber Opens Up Its Ride Data To Boston

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## Video: Uber Opens Up Its Ride Data To Boston

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_Published 2015-01-14. This is the first time Uber has shared so much of its ride information with a municipality._


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## Transcript

Uber might not be playing ball in New York, but the company has started sharing its ride data with the city of Boston. And it's the first time it's ever opened up to a city this way. Uber is sharing general anonymous info for rides that start or end in the city, including their times, durations, and locations. [ MUSIC ] Derived from ZIP codes. The hope is it will help cut down on traffic snarls and inform the city's traffic policy. This is the same company New York City cracked down on just a week ago. Officials suspended all but one of Uber's dispatch bases when the company refused to share ride information with the NYC's.

Taxi and Limousine Commission, or TLC. The move hasn't shut down operations in the city, but a TLC rep told Newsweek, When Uber initially came into the market, they enthusiastically committed to providing this data, and it is unfortunate that they have reneged on that commitment. As olive branches go, giving Boston right data is more pragmatic than some of Uber's other recent activities. The company has experimented with everything from moving services to bike couriers, to kitten deliveries. Last week documents obtained by The Examiner showed Uber might be interested in privatizing San Francisco's paratransit system, but somehow it lets regard even that with suspicion.

[ MUSIC ] On the most recent ride data development, an Uber rep told the Wall Street Journal, the company intends to make this anonymized info available for any city that requests it, nationwide. It's still in talks in New York City, though. But there's a balance that needs striking to protect privacy of Uber riders. Senator Al Franken has taken Uber to task, for its granular ride tracking abilities in the past. And The Verge wonders if anonymizing data to the zip code level, will be enough to keep rides. And riders private. Boston officials say that the first set of Uber data is expected in two weeks.

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