Street furnishings installed and maintained by the Seattle Department of Transportation include rails, benches, chairs, tables, and walls. The dataset is refreshed daily and includes a recommended definition query to filter for items in service. It originates from capital projects and private developments within the public right of way.
Use Cases
- Map the distribution of public seating based on the listed furnishings like benches and chairs.
- Analyze urban infrastructure density and placement based on geospatial location data.
- Assess public space amenities for accessibility and planning based on the inventory of rails, tables, and walls.
- Monitor the maintenance status of street furniture based on the provided 'CURRENT_STATUS' filter.
Strengths
- Daily refresh cycle ensures the data is kept current.
- Includes a recommended definition query ('CURRENT_STATUS = INSVC OR CURRENT_STATUS is empty string') for filtering to likely active items.
- Covers multiple types of street furnishings explicitly listed: rails, benches, chairs, tables, and walls.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- City of Seattle, Seattle Department of Transportation
- Collection Method
- Installed and maintained within the public right of way, typically from capital projects and private developments.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-22 03:38:54.920379; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Seattle public right of way