San Francisco Temporary Street Closures in WZDx Format

San Francisco street and lane closures are listed, including those from the Shared Spaces program, special events, and construction work. The data is exported from SFMTA's Salesforce and Access databases and converted to the Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx) format per USDOT standards. This report is issued and posted daily.

Use Cases

• Update navigation system routing based on current and upcoming street closures.
• Inform public traffic information services (511) about active work zones.
• Support automated driving systems with real-time road closure data.
• Analyze permitted closure patterns for urban planning based on program and event types.

Strengths

• Data is standardized to the USDOT's Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx) format.
• Report is issued and posted daily, suggesting frequent updates.
• Data originates from authoritative SFMTA databases (Salesforce and Access).

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.
• Data only includes closures permitted by SFMTA, excluding those managed by other City departments.

Provenance

Source

San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)

Collection Method

Exported from SFMTA ISCOTT unit's Salesforce database and SFMTA STP unit's Access database, then converted to WZDx format.

Freshness

Updated daily.

Geography

San Francisco, California, USA