The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for intelligently identifying upload trigger events and/or storage trigger events to selectively store a media recording portion at an in-cabin media capture device and/or transmit the media recording portion to a remote server. For example, utilizing a trigger analysis model, the disclosed systems can analyze transportation service data such as motion data, global position system (GPS) data, audio data, digital incident reports from provider/requestor devices, etc. to identify certain trigger events. These trigger events may include, for instance, a collision event, a transportation irregularity, a confrontation event, provider/requestor media recording requests, among others. In response to identifying a trigger event, the disclosed systems can cause a specific portion of a media recording to be stored in a reserved storage partition of the in-cabin media capture device and can selectively upload the media recording portion to a remote server.