Moving Van Permits for Curb Space Reservation in Cambridge, MA

Moving Van Permits is a dataset from data.cambridgema.gov containing permits issued by the traffic & parking department to reserve curb space for moving vehicles. The data includes permit details, applicant information, spatial coordinates, and associated parking meter data. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-29 12:12:58.

Use Cases

• Geospatial analysis of permit density using latitude and longitude coordinates.
• Temporal trend analysis of permit issuance using applicant_submit_date and issue_date.
• Assessing parking meter occupancy and fee structures using meter_id, meter_fees, and addl_meter_fees.
• Analyzing permit duration and type using start_date, end_date, permit_days_num, and type_of_parking.

Strengths

• Includes precise geospatial coordinates (latitude, longitude) for location-based analysis.
• Contains detailed permit metadata such as status, dates, fees, and parking space counts from over 20 columns.
• Data is hosted on an official municipal open data platform (data.cambridgema.gov).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-05-29 12:12:58; freshness should be verified as the date is in the future.

Provenance

Source

data.cambridgema.gov

Collection Method

Permits issued by the traffic & parking department.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 12:12:58.

Geography

City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (inferred from platform domain).