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    Bluetooth Travel Sensors - Individual Address Files (IAFs)

    Metadata Updated: October 25, 2025

    This dataset contains information about Bluetooth devices detected by our Bluetooth travel sensors. Each record contains a detected device’s anonymized Media Access Control (MAC) address along with the time and location the device was detected. These records alone are not traffic data but can be post-processed to measure the movement of detected devices through the roadway network

    How does the City of Austin use the Bluetooth travel sensor data? The data enables transportation engineers to better understand short and long-term trends in Austin’s traffic patterns, supporting decisions about systems planning and traffic signal timing.

    What information does the data contain? The sensor data is available in three datasets:

    Individual Address Records ( https://data.austintexas.gov/dataset/Bluetooth-Travel-Sensors-Individual-Addresses/qnpj-zrb9/data ) Each row in this dataset represents a Bluetooth device that was detected by one of our sensors. Each record contains a detected device’s anonymized Media Access Control (MAC) address along with the time and location the device was detected. These records alone are not traffic data but can be post-processed to measure the movement of detected devices through the roadway network

    Individual Traffic Matches ( https://data.austintexas.gov/dataset/Bluetooth-Travel-Sensors-Individual-Traffic-Matche/x44q-icha/data ) Each row in this dataset represents one Bluetooth enabled device that detected at two locations in the roadway network. Each record contains a detected device’s anonymized Media Access Control (MAC) address along with contain information about origin and destination points at which the device was detected, as well the time, date, and distance traveled.

    Traffic Summary Records ( https://data.austintexas.gov/dataset/Bluetooth-Travel-Sensors-Match-Summary-Records/v7zg-5jg9 ) The traffic summary records contain aggregate travel time and speed summaries based on the individual traffic match records. Each row in the dataset summarizes average travel time and speed along a sensor-equipped roadway segment in 15 minute intervals.

    Does this data contain personally identifiable information? No. The Media Access Control (MAC) addresses in these datasets are randomly generated.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. See Terms License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date October 25, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from City of Austin Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date October 25, 2025
    Publisher data.austintexas.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.austintexas.gov/api/views/qnpj-zrb9
    Data First Published 2017-10-05
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-30
    Category Transportation and Mobility
    Public Access Level public
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.austintexas.gov/data.json
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    Harvest Source Id 3b6df381-c8b4-40be-954e-84552dfba592
    Harvest Source Title City of Austin Data.json
    Homepage URL https://data.austintexas.gov/d/qnpj-zrb9
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 54353efd2e143990f3baf1805649b0a2563602a8bb6e11d523ae7453ffae8cba
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