Travel Sensors

This dataset is no longer actively maintained, because the devices referenced in this dataset have been removed from operation.

This dataset contains information about travel sensors in Austin, TX. Travel sensors are owned and operated by the City of Austin Transportation Department and are used to monitor traffic conditions across the city.

The output of these sensors is available for download in the following datasets:

Radar traffic counts related to this dataset with the 'KITS ID' value of a wavetronix travel sensor.

( https://data.austintexas.gov/Transportation-and-Mobility/Radar-Traffic-Counts/i626-g7ub )

Individual Address Records ( https://data.austintexas.gov/dataset/Bluetooth-Travel-Sensors-Individual-Addresses/qnpj-zrb9/data )

Individual Traffic Matches ( https://data.austintexas.gov/dataset/Bluetooth-Travel-Sensors-Individual-Traffic-Matche/x44q-icha/data )

Traffic Summary Records ( https://data.austintexas.gov/dataset/Bluetooth-Travel-Sensors-Match-Summary-Records/v7zg-5jg9 )

For information about Austin's Advanced Transportation Management System, visit the department website, here:

http://www.austintexas.gov/department/arterial-management

Querying over HTTP

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

curl https://data.splitgraph.com/sql/query/ddn \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d@-<<EOF
{"sql": "
    SELECT *
    FROM \"datahub-austintexas-gov/travel-sensors-6yd9-yz29\".\"travel_sensors\"
    LIMIT 100 
"}
EOF

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.