New York City Mobility Survey Geographic Zones

Survey Zones defines the ten geographic zones used to aggregate neighborhood-level data for New York City's Citywide Mobility Survey. The dataset provides the spatial boundaries linking neighborhood tabulation areas to these survey zones, enabling the analysis of resident travel choices and perceptions. It is published by the City of New York and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping survey results to specific 'CMS Zone' geographies for spatial analysis.
• Aggregating neighborhood-level mobility statistics using the provided 'Shape' polygons.
• Conducting longitudinal studies of travel behavior across the survey's multi-year time frame (2017-2024).

Strengths

• Provides official, city-published geospatial boundaries for a major longitudinal survey.
• Has been maintained and updated across multiple years, with references from 2017 to 2024.
• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov signals its importance as a reference dataset.

Limitations

• Key metadata like row count, file size, and specific license are inconsistently reported or missing across sources.
• The exact relationship between the shapefile zones and the underlying survey data is not detailed in the provided descriptions.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

Mixed-methodology survey of NYC residents' travel choices, behaviors, and perceptions.

Time Range

2017-2024

Freshness

2026-04-05

Geography

New York City