Strava Data

Strava is a fitness tracking app that is free to download. It allows users to track routes taken while walking, running, or bicycling using their phone’s GPS sensor. The data available here provides this activity information tied to OpenStreetMap (OSM) segments. The data shows walking path, trail, and segment usage beyond the established NYSDOT linear referencing system (LRS) system. Data is available by hourly, daily, monthly, and yearly aggregated datasets.

The Strava data is stored in an S3 bucket within the Data Lake AWS account. Strava data is grouped in separate pedestrian and bike datasets and further grouped by year and month.

Data Format:

CSV and Shapefile

Update Frequency:

Monthly (provides hourly counts) and Yearly (provides monthly counts)

Data Timeframe:

January 2016-Current

Data Access: Private

Strava data is not publicly accessible and is only available to authorized NYSDOT employees and contractors. The data cannot be shared with anyone else permission from NYSDOT.

To request access, please complete the Access Request form.

Data Dictionary or Metadata:

Additional Documentation can be found here: https://stravametro.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051202734-Data-Export-and-Download