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Public Life Data - Geography

Metadata Updated: January 31, 2025

A GeoJSON file with polygons of every ___location studied.


The City of Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is providing data from the public life studies it has conducted since 2017. These studies consist of measuring the number of people using public space and the types of activities present on select sidewalks across the city, as well as several parks and plazas. The data set is continually updated as SDOT and other parties conduct public life studies using Gehl Institute’s Public Life Data Protocol.

This dataset consists of four component spreadsheets and a GeoJSON file, which provide public life data as well as information about the study design and study locations:

1 Public Life Study: provides details on the different studies that have been conducted, including project information. https://data.seattle.gov/Transportation/Public-Life-Data-Study/7qru-sdcp

2 Public Life Location: provides details on the sites selected for each study, including various attributes to allow for comparison across sites. https://data.seattle.gov/Transportation/Public-Life-Data-Locations/fg6z-cn3y

3 Public Life People Moving: provides data on people moving through space, including total number observed, gender breakdown, group size, and age groups. https://data.seattle.gov/Transportation/Public-Life-Data-People-Moving/7rx6-5pgd

4 Public Life People Staying: provides data on people staying still in the space, including total number observed, demographic data, group size, postures, and activities. https://data.seattle.gov/Transportation/Public-Life-Data-People-Staying/5mzj-4rtf

5 Public Life Geography: A GeoJSON file with polygons of every ___location studied.

Please download and refer to the Public Life metadata document - in the attachment section below - for comprehensive information about all of the Public Life datasets.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date December 16, 2024
Metadata Updated Date January 31, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from Seattle JSON

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date December 16, 2024
Metadata Updated Date January 31, 2025
Publisher data.seattle.gov
Maintainer
Identifier https://cos-data.seattle.gov/api/views/v4q3-5hvp
Data First Published 2020-06-03
Data Last Modified 2025-01-30
Category Community and Culture
Public Access Level public
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://cos-data.seattle.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Harvest Object Id 79b3a0b4-09f6-48a3-914b-b7e0022d44e3
Harvest Source Id f61de7a2-69cf-40a9-a1bc-dd9edb8f3fe5
Harvest Source Title Seattle JSON
Homepage URL https://cos-data.seattle.gov/d/v4q3-5hvp
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash d7a8f8d02389bb8abdeacb610b30e5013b249da79e3acb7a2755217aff321989
Source Schema Version 1.1

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