Footfall reports provide daily counts of pedestrians and vehicles at two locations in Southgate, Elland. Data is recorded from September 2023 onward and published monthly by MRI OnLocation for the Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council. The dataset tracks vehicle types including bike, bus, car, and truck.
Use Cases
- Analyze daily footfall patterns at Town Hall Street and Victoria Road to assess pedestrian activity trends.
- Compare vehicle type distributions (bike, bus, car, truck) between the two monitoring locations.
- Model the relationship between footfall and specific vehicle counts, such as car or bus traffic.
- Track monthly changes in town centre vibrancy using the time-series footfall and vehicle data starting from September 2023.
Strengths
- Data collection began in September 2023, providing a multi-month time series.
- Covers two distinct monitoring locations (Town Hall Street and Victoria Road) for spatial comparison.
- Differentiates between four vehicle types: bike, bus, car, and truck.
- Published monthly with a recent platform update recorded in March 2026.
Limitations
- The total number of data rows and specific column structure are unknown.
- Limited to two sensor locations within Elland, restricting broader geographic analysis.
- Data freshness depends on monthly publication schedules, which may introduce lag.
Provenance
- Source
- Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, using data from MRI OnLocation (formerly Springboard).
- Collection Method
- Recorded by sensors at fixed locations.
- Time Range
- From September 2023 onward.
- Freshness
- Updated monthly; last platform update was 2026-03-20.
- Geography
- Southgate area of Elland town centre, specifically Town Hall Street and Victoria Road.