Chicago Department of Transportation Permit Applications

Applications to the Chicago Department of Transportation for permits to block or affect public streets, serving as a record of granted permits. The dataset includes columns for application status, fees, inspection results, and geographic boundaries like WARD and Community Areas. It is hosted on multiple government data platforms, indicating its official administrative use.

Use Cases

• Tracking permit issuance and finalization timelines using APPLICATIONISSUEDDATE, APPLICATIONFINALIZEDDATE, and APPLICATIONPROCESSEDDATE.
• Analyzing fee structures and waivers for city revenue using TOTALFEES and WAIVEDFEES.
• Mapping construction activity by location using STREETNAME, STREETNUMBERFROM, STREETNUMBERTO, and WARD.
• Monitoring inspection outcomes and compliance using LASTINSPECTIONTYPE, LASTINSPECTIONRESULT, and LASTINSPECTIONDATE.
• Categorizing types of street work and their details using WORKTYPE, APPLICATIONTYPE, and DETAIL.

Strengths

• Contains a detailed schema with over 30 columns covering administrative, financial, spatial, and inspection data.
• Available on multiple official platforms (Socrata and Data.gov), indicating reliability and public access.

Limitations

• Core metadata like row count, size, license, and author is missing or conflicting across sources.
• The last updated dates conflict between platforms (2026-04-03 vs. 2026-04 05), casting doubt on data freshness.

Provenance

Source

Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT)

Collection Method

Likely gathered from the city's online permit portal application system.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated dates conflict: 2026-04-03 on Socrata and 2026-04-05 on Data.gov.

Geography

City of Chicago, with spatial references to streets, wards, community areas, census tracts, and ZIP codes.