Chicago Winter Overnight Parking Restrictions on Major Streets

Winter Overnight Parking Restrictions from data.cityofchicago.org detail where parking is prohibited on major city streets from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. between December 1 and April 1. The dataset includes geospatial street segments and restriction types. It was last updated by the City of Chicago in December 2021.

Use Cases

• Map restricted street segments using the_geom and ON_STREET fields for snow plow route planning.
• Identify restriction types (RESTRICT_T) for specific street segments between FROM_STREE and TO_STREET for regulatory analysis.
• Calculate total restricted street length (SHAPE_LEN) for infrastructure and enforcement resource allocation.

Strengths

• Geospatial data (the_geom) enables map-based visualization and analysis.
• Clear temporal rule (December 1 to April 1, 3 a.m. to 7 a.m.) provides specific applicability.

Limitations

• Data recency is unknown beyond the December 2021 metadata update.
• Sample data and total row count are unavailable for assessing dataset size.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofchicago.org

Collection Method

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Time Range

Seasonal coverage from December 1 to April 1 annually.

Freshness

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Geography

City of Chicago, Illinois, USA.