LADOT Parking Meter Occupancy: Real-Time Sensor Status

Real-time occupancy data from City of Los Angeles parking meters equipped with detector sensors. This dataset provides the last known state of individual parking spaces, updated as available. It is intended to be used alongside a separate inventory dataset for location and policy details.

Use Cases

• Mapping real-time parking availability using SpaceID and OccupancyState
• Analyzing temporal occupancy patterns using EventTime_UTC and OccupancyState
• Validating sensor network performance by tracking SpaceID status over EventTime_UTC
• Correlating space usage with policy data by joining on SpaceID

Strengths

• Provides real-time or near-real-time updates, as noted across all platform descriptions
• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov suggests official importance and maintenance
• Columns suggest direct sensor output with clear fields for state, time, and space identifier

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing: row count, file size, license, and author are not provided
• Requires joining with a separate inventory dataset for spatial and policy context, limiting standalone use
• Platforms disagree on the last updated date (2026-04-03 vs 2026-04-12), indicating potential sync issues

Provenance

Source

City of Los Angeles, likely the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Collection Method

Gathered from occupancy detector sensors installed on parking meters

Time Range

Real-time stream; historical coverage is not specified

Freshness

Last updated dates conflict: 2026-04-03 on Socrata and 2026-04-12 on Data.gov.

Geography

City of Los Angeles, California, USA