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    SFMTA - Transit Vehicle Location History (Current Year)

    Metadata Updated: March 29, 2025

    A. SUMMARY Location data of SFMTA Transit Vehicles. Location information includes reported location date and time, vehicle identifier, location latitude and longitude, heading and speed. This dataset will only contain data for the current calendar year and will reset to the next calendar year the first of every year. Prior years are saved as separate datasets. B HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED Vehicle location data is provided by the SFMTA’s computer aided dispatch and automated vehicle location system. C. UPDATE PROCESS Location data is published daily for the previous day, resulting in a lag, up to 24 hours.
    D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET Location data can be used to visualize vehicle routes and city wide traffic patterns.

    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. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date August 7, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date March 29, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from SFO JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 7, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date March 29, 2025
    Publisher data.sfgov.org
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.sfgov.org/api/views/x344-v6h6
    Data First Published 2020-06-24
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-18
    Category Transportation
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.sfgov.org/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 9055d3ed-6969-4553-bbc1-be524f7f43f9
    Harvest Source Id 8507fa43-f429-4095-b732-2177330ce485
    Harvest Source Title SFO JSON
    Homepage URL https://data.sfgov.org/d/x344-v6h6
    License http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 7f2b98cf5d41a76a3a7676f9dc1b21a21cfd428a061c863c0f1c1f854f2a1243
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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