Historical Chicago Garbage Cart Service Requests

311 service requests for garbage cart delivery and replacement in Chicago since January 1, 2011. The City of Chicago provides 96-gallon carts to qualifying residences. This dataset is historical-only, replaced by a new system in December 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyze request volume trends over time using Creation Date and Completion Date.
• Identify geographic hotspots for cart requests using Community Area, Ward, or Census Tracts.
• Assess service fulfillment efficiency by correlating Status, Creation Date, and Completion Date.
• Filter for duplicate requests flagged as 'Open - Dup' or 'Completed - Dup' in the Status field.

Strengths

• Includes data spanning from January 1, 2011, to at least December 2018.
• Contains detailed geographic columns including Community Area, Ward, Census Tracts, and coordinates.
• Flags duplicate requests explicitly in the Status field.

Limitations

• Dataset is historical-only and was replaced by a new system in December 2018, limiting recency.
• Unknown total row count and sample size.
• Potential for duplicate entries as noted in the description.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofchicago.org

Collection Method

Requests logged through the city's 311 Customer Service Requests (CSR) system.

Time Range

From January 1, 2011, onward (historical data up to replacement in December 2018).

Freshness

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Geography

City of Chicago, Illinois, USA.