Historical Bike Rack Installations in Chicago with Geographic Boundaries

Chicago bike rack installation records, now archived for historical reference. The dataset is provided by data.cityofchicago.org and was last updated on September 12, 2023. Columns suggest location details, administrative boundaries, and installation counts.

Use Cases

• Map rack density per Community Area using Community Area and TotInstall columns.
• Analyze historical infrastructure allocation across Wards using Ward and Historical Wards 2003-2015 columns.
• Geocode rack locations for spatial analysis using Latitude, Longitude, and Address columns.
• Correlate installations with demographic data using Census Tracts and Zip Codes columns.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geographic identifiers (Latitude, Longitude, Census Tracts, Wards, Community Areas).
• Offers historical administrative boundary context via Historical Wards 2003-2015 column.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).

Limitations

• Dataset is no longer updated; freshness should be verified against the current source.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofchicago.org

Freshness

Last updated 2023-09-12 22:12:44; dataset is archived and not updated.

Geography

Chicago, Illinois, USA