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Current ChallengeMaven Commuter Challenge
Create an interactive dashboard illustrating post-pandemic ridership recovery trends across the MTA's services.
Nov 06, 2024
Start date

Dec 01, 2024
Deadline

4 days
Days remaining

4 Annual Memberships + 1 Winner T-Shirt
Grand prize
Challenge Objective

This challenge is a collaboration between Maven Analytics and Plotly!

For the Maven Commuter Challenge, you work as a Data Visualization Specialist for the Data & Analytics Team at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), North America's largest transportation network.

Your task is to use any data tool(s) at your disposal to create an interactive visual or dashboard that illustrates post-pandemic ridership recovery trends across the MTA's services.

HOW TO WIN

We'll be crowning 4 separate winners:

  1. A general "Challenge Winner" for the best entry
  2. A "First-time Entrant" winner
  3. A "Fan Favorite" winner (based on project likes in Maven Showcase)
  4. EXCLUSIVE: A "Plotly" winner for the best entry that uses a Dash app

For more chances to win, participate in Plotly's challenge!

Please consult the Terms & Conditions for full details.


About The Data SetThe daily ridership dataset provides systemwide ridership and traffic estimates for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) different services beginning March 1st, 2020, and provides a percentage comparison against pre-pandemic figures.
NYC Subway
MTA Daily Ridership
Daily traffic estimates and pre-pandemic comparisons across MTA services.
CSV
File type
Single table
Data structure
1706
# of records
15
# of fields
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Maven Challenge Winners Receive:
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Official Terms & Conditions
  • Maven Analytics will give away 4 Annual subscriptions for an Individual account: 1 for each of the "First-time Entrant", "Fan Favorite", and "Plotly" winners, and 1 for the "Challenge Winner". After the 1 year period, the subscriptions will renew at full price unless canceled (you can cancel at any time).
  • A "First-time entrant" is a Maven Analytics user who has published a project to Showcase assigned to a Maven Challenge for the first time.
  • Maven Analytics will give away 1 "Challenge Winner" shirt to the overall winner.
  • No purchase is necessary to enter.
  • The challenge will close to new entries on Sunday, December 1, 2024, at 11:59pm EDT. All entries must be submitted prior.
  • After the submission deadline, the "First-time Entrant" winner and general finalists will be chosen by the Maven team, and the "Plotly" winner will be chosen by the Plotly team.
  • The "Fan Favorite" will be awarded to the project with the most Likes on Showcase exactly 1 week after the submission deadline.
  • Maven Analytics will select 1 "Challenge Winner" from the finalists in a live vote.
  • All winners will be announced on December 17, 2024 from the Maven Analytics LinkedIn account.
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