Street Furniture - Scotland is a national dataset created to support Roads Asset Management Plans (RAMPs) for local authorities. It includes two layers: Street Lighting Columns and general Street Furniture, covering features like benches, bollards, bus shelters, and traffic signals. The dataset is managed by the Scottish Government via SpatialData.gov.scot and was last updated in May 2026.
Use Cases
- Inventory and maintenance planning for street assets like benches and litter bins based on the listed feature types.
- Spatial analysis of public infrastructure distribution, such as electric vehicle charging points and pedestrian crossings.
- Asset lifecycle management for components like street lighting columns and traffic signs mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Includes data from multiple local authorities, suggesting a consolidated national view.
- Covers a wide range of 20 specific asset types, including benches, bollards, and electric vehicle charging points.
- Managed under a common asset management framework by The Society of Chief Officers for Transportation in Scotland (SCOTS).
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot, compiled from local authorities.
- Collection Method
- Likely aggregated from local authority submissions as part of the Roads Asset Management Plan (RAMP) framework.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-05 14:03:41.595614; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Scotland