Exploring the Spatio-Temporal and Behavioural Variations in Taxi Travel Based on Big Data during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of New York City

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

I have read the paper with great interest both because covid-19 pandemic constitutes an interesting issue, but also because the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the travel patterns of residents, is very important. The analysis is quite detailed and the authors do an excellent job presenting a very coherent and clear analysis of the issue. Furthermore, the conclusions thoroughly are supported by the results presented.

The authors need to correct the errors which appear in the text.

Author Response

Point 1: The authors need to correct the errors which appear in the text.

 Response 1: Thank you for the important feedback. We have revised the text sentence by sentence and have fixed all the errors.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Exploring the spatio-temporal and behavioural variations in taxi travel based on big data during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of New York City

1.      On line 171; 200; 215; 225; 263; 285; 286; 336 – appears Error! Reference source not found. – Please, find the reason and eliminate that problem.

2.      Line 225 - the new Omicron wave did not cause dramatic changes in taxi journeys – maybe it is not bad, that observing correlation to be repeated in the Conclusion and in Abstract. 

3.      Line 203 - a week after the restrictions (March 23-29, 2020), a drop of 95.3% was noted – add that results to the Abstract, also;

4.      Line 206 - by the end of March 2022 (two years after the outbreak), the number of taxi journey remained below half the pre-epidemic level - add that results to the Abstract, also;

The results and discovered patterns are amazing, but some parts of the article can be improved.

I suggest adding some of the main correlations and calculating data (%) in the Abstract and in the Conclusion!

Author Response

Point 1: On line 171; 200; 215; 225; 263; 285; 286; 336 – appears Error! Reference source not found. – Please, find the reason and eliminate that problem.

Response 1: We regret there were problems in the figure citations, but now we have revised all the problems. Thank you very much for your careful comments and corrections.

Point 2: Line 225 - the new Omicron wave did not cause dramatic changes in taxi journeys – maybe it is not bad, that observing correlation to be repeated in the Conclusion and in Abstract. 

Response 2:  Thank you for your sugguestion. We added this result to the Conclusion and Abstract in the new manuscript.

Point 3: Line 203 - a week after the restrictions (March 23-29, 2020), a drop of 95.3% was noted – add that results to the Abstract, also;

Response 3:  Thank you for your sugguestion. We added this result to the Conclusion and Abstract in the new manuscript.

Point 4: Line 206 - by the end of March 2022 (two years after the outbreak), the number of taxi journey remained below half the pre-epidemic level - add that results to the Abstract, also;

Response 4:  Thank you for your sugguestion. We added this result to the Conclusion and Abstract in the new manuscript.

Point 5: The results and discovered patterns are amazing, but some parts of the article can be improved. I suggest adding some of the main correlations and calculating data (%) in the Abstract and in the Conclusion!

Response 5: Thank you for this valuable feedback. We updated the Conclusion and Abstract, and improved the text accordingly in the new manuscript.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx