New York City school bus service disruption events logged in real time by vendor staff. The data covers years 2015 to 2017 and is collected via a system where bus staff report delays to dispatchers. Information is used by the Office of Pupil Transportation (OPT) to inform parents about service issues.
Use Cases
- Predicting service delays based on historical patterns of breakdowns mentioned in the description
- Analyzing seasonal or temporal trends in school bus reliability from the recorded event timestamps
- Assessing vendor performance by comparing reported incident frequencies
- Mapping service disruption hotspots if location data is present in the real-time updates
Strengths
- Data covers a multi-year period from 2015 to 2017.
- Information is entered in real time by operational staff, suggesting potential for timely updates.
- Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license.
Limitations
- Row count and file size are unknown, which limits suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- New York City Office of Pupil Transportation (OPT) via school bus vendors.
- Collection Method
- Logged by school bus vendor staff via a real-time reporting system following radio dispatches from drivers.
- Time Range
- 2015 to 2017
- Geography
- New York City, USA