Weigh in Motion: Truck Weight Data from Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (2025+)

From 2025 onward, this dataset captures axle and gross vehicle weights from trucks driving over sensors on a City-owned section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn. The data is collected by the City of New York using Weigh In Motion (WIM) devices. The dataset's temporal and lane coverage has changed over time, with historical data available in a separate record.

Use Cases

• Analyze truck weight distribution and compliance based on axle and gross vehicle weight measurements.
• Model infrastructure wear and stress on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway based on traffic load data.
• Study temporal freight traffic patterns based on the time-series nature of the sensor recordings.
• Assess the impact of lane configuration changes on truck traffic flow based on the described lane coverage shifts.

Strengths

• Data is collected from a specific, high-traffic urban corridor (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway).
• The description provides a clear timeline of data collection phases and lane coverage changes.
• Data is available in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, RDF, XML).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single expressway section in Brooklyn.

Provenance

Source

City of New York

Collection Method

Collected via Weigh In Motion (WIM) devices installed on the roadway.

Time Range

2025 onward (with historical data in a separate dataset).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 03:48:07.967686; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City-owned section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from Atlantic Avenue to Sands Street in Brooklyn.