New York State Sidewalk And Curb Ramp Inventory

An inventory of sidewalks and curb ramps on the state-owned road system under NYSDOT jurisdiction. It includes features such as regional office responsibility, county location, route name and number, and geometric data. The dataset is maintained by data.ny.gov and was last updated in May 2022.

Use Cases

• Calculate total sidewalk inventory length in feet using the LEN_FEET column for infrastructure asset management.
• Map sidewalk and curb ramp locations using the_geom column for spatial analysis of pedestrian network coverage.
• Analyze the distribution of pedestrian infrastructure by county using the COUNTY column to identify regional disparities.
• Associate sidewalk segments with specific state routes using the ROUTE and ROAD columns for route-specific maintenance planning.
• Identify the managing authority for specific sidewalk features using the REGION column for inter-departmental coordination.

Strengths

• Includes geometric data (the_geom) enabling spatial visualization and analysis.
• Contains multiple descriptive attributes per feature, including COUNTY, REGION, ROUTE, and LEN_FEET.
• Covers the entire state-owned road system under NYSDOT jurisdiction.

Limitations

• Excludes sidewalks and curb ramps on non-state-owned routes, creating a partial view of pedestrian infrastructure.
• Sample data and total row count are unavailable, preventing assessment of dataset scale and completeness.
• Data freshness is unknown beyond the last update date.

Provenance

Source

New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) via data.ny.gov.

Collection Method

Administrative data collection of infrastructure assets under NYSDOT jurisdiction.

Freshness

Last updated 2022-05-12.

Geography

State-owned routes within New York State.