Example Datasets for the Final Project
You can use the curated sources below to identify data for your final project. The lists emphasize open licensing, clear documentation, and spatial usability. All items are intended to be directly usable in Python/GIS workflows. You can use any other publicly available datasets.
Quick Tips
- Check licensing/terms; cite source and access date.
- Keep metadata/data dictionaries with your downloads.
- Save raw and processed files separately; script transformations.
- Record CRS for spatial layers; align before joins.
Transit & Mobility
- General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)
- NYC Citi Bike System Data
- Capital Bikeshare System Data
- UTD19 – Largest public multi‑city traffic dataset
- Mobility Database – GTFS, GTFS‑RT & GBFS feeds worldwide
- National Household Travel Survey
California & Bay Area Portals
- UC Berkeley Geodata
- City of Berkeley Open Data
- City of Oakland Open Data
- City of San Fransisco Open Data
- California Geoportal
Service Requests (311)
San Francisco
- SF Building Footprints
- SF Land Use 2023
- SF City Facilities
- SF Recreation & Park Facilities
- SF School District (SFUSD) Facilities
New York City
- NYC PLUTO
- NYC Motor Vehicle Collisions (Crashes)
- NYC Planimetric – Capture Rules
- NYC Restaurant Inspection Results
Cambridge, MA
Housing
Health, Environment, and Accessibility
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
- UW Project Sidewalk API (Sidewalk Accessibility)
- Centers for Disease Control
Urban Sound / Acoustics
Cross‑Cutting Catalogs & Indicators
- APA Technology Division – Public Data Resources
- APA Resource Search
- UN‑Habitat Urban Indicator Database
- Urban Institute Data Catalog
- ArcGIS Living Atlas
- OpenStreetMap
- Overture Maps