Seattle Bicycle Racks Inventory

An inventory of bicycle racks maintained by the Seattle Department of Transportation, refreshed daily. The dataset is provided in multiple formats including CSV, JSON, and GeoPackage for GIS applications. It is managed by the City of Seattle and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map bicycle rack locations using geographic data formats like KML and GeoJSON for urban planning.
• Analyze the distribution of racks based on the 'CURRENT_STATUS' field (e.g., INSVC, PLNRECON) to assess service availability.
• Integrate rack location data with other transportation datasets using the 'Seattle Gis Open Data' and 'Common Data Layers' tags for mobility studies.

Strengths

• Managed by the City of Seattle, an authoritative municipal organization.
• Refreshed on a daily cycle, indicating frequent updates.
• Available in 9 different file formats, including GIS-friendly options like GeoPackage and KML.

Limitations

• The specific number of records (rows) and data columns is unknown, limiting preliminary analysis.
• The license is listed as 'notspecified', which may create uncertainty for commercial or redistribution use.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing assessment of data structure and quality before download.

Provenance

Source

Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT).

Collection Method

Maintained as part of departmental operations; feature class is SDOT.V_BIKERACK.

Freshness

Daily refresh cycle; last updated 2026-03-22.

Geography

Seattle, Washington, USA.