AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Rainfall Data

The Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) maintains collection sites throughout the city.  Those collection sites are equipped with solar powered rain gauges on top of public buildings which log measurements of precipitation and which report data every five minutes.  Here you find the link to the Boston Water and Sewer Commission’s interface to the rainfall data, which is updated continually.  You can search for rainfall data going as far back as 1999, depending on the year of installation for the various gauges.

Tags: environment, infrastructure, maintenance, precipitation, rain, rainfall, sewer, storm, stormwater, water
Organization: Boston Water and Sewer Commission
2024 Digital Equity Survey

This survey was conducted by MassPolling group on behalf of the City of Boston to measure gaps in internet access, digital devices, and digital skills across the City and specifically measuring the gaps in vulnerable populations. 

Base survey: The main element was a representative survey of 1,109 residents of Boston. This included a base sample of 700 respondents as well as an oversample to reach a total of 300 each of Black and Latino residents of the city. The survey was administered via a combination of live telephone interviewing, text to web interviewing, and online surveys. The approximate questionnaire length was 16 minutes when conducted by live interviewer, and 9 minutes when conducted online.
Final results were weighted to match target population parameters for the city of Boston both within race and ethnicity and for the city as a whole. Population parameters were drawn from a variety of sources including the American Community Survey, MAPC, and elsewhere. The credibility interval for the survey is approximately 3.5 percentage points at a 95% confidence level inclusive of the design effect.

The survey was conducted as a part of a larger project in collaboration with CTC, HRiA and the city of Boston. Funding for the project was provided by the Massachusetts Broadband Institute. The questionnaire was offered in Arabic, Cape Verdean Creole, English, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese and Traditional Chinese.

Tags: Computers, Digital Equity, Internet, Skills
Organization: Department of Innovation and Technology
Street Light Control Box, Electric Power Cost & Usage Details

The Street Lighting Division of Public Works maintains 40,000 out of the City's 67,000 electronic streetlights, and oversees the contracting for the rest. It also takes care of 2,800 gas lights and 1,500 fire-alarm lights. This is a legacy dataset containing details on electric power usage and costs from among the City's 1,600 unique control box locations during the period of February to September of 2014. 

Tags: efficiency, energy, hubhacks, infrastructure, legacy portal, lighting, power, street lights
Organization: Public Works Department
Street Sweeping Schedules

This is a legacy dataset which contains detailed information on the timing and location of street sweeping service throughout the City. Daily street cleaning takes place April 1 to November 30 in most Boston neighborhoods (weather permitting), and over 400 curb miles of streets are maintained under the Daytime Street Sweeping Program.

Tags: basic city services, curb, curbs, legacy portal, maintenance, parking, public works, street cleaning, street sweeping, streets
Organization: Public Works Department
Boston 3D Buildings (Existing)

<div>This 3D scene layer is the authoritative layer representing the existing conditions of the City of Boston in 3D. This scene layer is updated on an as-needed basis with handmade and procedurally generated models of the existing structures. Last updated: June 2026.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>This 3D scene layer is intended for visualization purposes only.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>To learn more about the City of Boston Planning Department's Citywide 3D Model and the 3D data available for download, visit our&nbsp;<a target='_blank' href='https://www.bostonplans.org/3d-data-maps/3d-smart-model' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>3D Smart Model page</a>. For any questions or concerns regarding the data, please contact us by email at planningGIS@boston.gov.</div>

Tags: 3D, Existing, Urban, daily
Organization: Boston Maps
Public Works Active Work Zones

The Department of Public Works' Construction Inspection Unit (CIU) produces a daily report on all active utility and private sector construction projects taking place in the City, Monday through Friday.

It also lists all resurfacing and reconstruction projects. Emergency work that is identified outside of normal business hours is made available on the following day's report. This is a legacy dataset containing active construction sites, with details such as neighborhood, reason for work, and estimated date of completion.

Tags: construction, paving, public works, streets, utility, work zones
Organization: Public Works Department
Street Light Retrofits (2014)

The Street Lighting Division of Public works began converting the City's streetlights to more cost efficient and environmentally friendly Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology in the fall of 2010. The LED lights last longer, reduce carbon emissions and energy use by 60 percent, and provide a more targeted light to the streets. This is a legacy dataset containing details on LED retrofitted streetlights, including their locations, date of replacement, cost savings per year, and more.

Tags: efficiency, energy, environment, hubhacks, legacy portal, public works, street light, streetlights
Organization: Public Works Department
Boston Urban Forest Plan

In 2022, Boston developed the Urban Forest Plan (https://www.boston.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/urban-forest-plan), a manual for how the Boston community can work together to prioritize, preserve, and grow our tree canopy. Areas of the City that have historically experienced discrimination, marginalization and disinvestment have, on average, lower canopy than other areas of the City. Because of the impact of the urban forest on health and wellbeing, canopy expansion strategies should be designed to prioritize these areas as a step towards beginning to address these inequities.

As part of the plan, the City identified priorities zones by overlaying tree canopy levels, areas of extreme heat, environmental justice census blocks, and previously redlined districts. This dataset includes these 4 factor layers as well as the final priority zones.

Organization: Parks and Recreation
Women's Voter Registers, 1884-1919

This dataset is a transcription of the Archives' historic Women's Voter Registers from 1884-1919. While this dataset does include voters' names and addresses, all of the data are public records and over 100 years old. All information in this dataset is already unrestricted and available to the public.

You can view the 1920 Women's Voter Register dataset here: https://data.boston.gov/dataset/1920-women-s-voter-register

Tags: archives, historical, register, registration, vote, voter, voting, women
Organization: Archives and Record Management
Checkbook Explorer

The Checkbook Explorer web application provides current financial information about the City of Boston's expenditures, allowing users to explore how City funds are spent.

Data is updated regularly, though the timing may vary based on internal review and approval processes. This data is published, and certain information is withheld from publishing, in accordance with the 2014 Executive Order of Mayor Martin J. Walsh, "_An Order Relative to Open Data and Protected Data Sharing_." Personal information is excluded to protect individual privacy. The Checkbook Explorer does not contain payroll information, which is available in the Employee Earnings Report (https://data.boston.gov/dataset/employee-earnings-report), or data from independent city agencies. Data from July 2011 (FY 2012) to present is available.

Tags: budget, contract, expenditures, finance, vendor
Organization: Department of Innovation and Technology
Boston Emergency Services Team (BEST)

Through a close partnership with the BEST, Mental Health Clinicians co-respond with BPD officers to improve response to mental health-related calls for service. These clinicians can also assist with holding cell evaluations, provide critical follow-up, and assist with mental health training of BPD officers. 

BEST operates independently from the BPD and maintains their own confidential client database. Therefore, the BPD will only present monthly aggregate data as provided by this partner organization. The BPD does not have access to any client information per HIPAA  and other privacy concerns. 

This dashboard includes two metrics for the BEST clinicians:  the number of incidents to which BEST clinicians co-responded with BPD officers, and the proactive engagement/ follow-ups conducted by BEST clinicians.

Organization: Boston Police Department
Vision Zero Crash Records

_Vision Zero Boston is our commitment to focus the city’s resources on proven strategies to eliminate fatal and serious traffic crashes in the city by 2030. We are inspired by the belief that even one fatality is too many. Learn more about about the Vision Zero Boston program at https://www.boston.gov/departments/transportation/vision-zero._

This dataset, provided as part of the Vision Zero Boston program, contains records of the date, time, location, and type of crash for incidents requiring public safety response which may involve injuries or fatalities. All records are compiled by the Department of Innovation and Technology from the City's Computer-Aided Dispatch (911) system and verified as having required a response from a public safety agency. To protect the privacy of individuals involved in these incidents, we do not indicate the severity of specific crashes or whether medical care was provided in any specific case.

_Additional notes:_

-  Each incident is included only once regardless of the number of individuals involved. 
-  The date and time of an incident reflects when public safety response was dispatched to the location, not the crash itself.
-  Records are typically updated on a monthly basis, but because the verification process involves manual confirmation of incidents, exact posting schedules may vary.
-  Records may be updated after their initial posting if new information becomes available.
- Motor Vehicle Accidents (MVAs) provided in this data set are Boston EMS incidents with a documented patient encounter that were identified as an MVA during the 9-1-1 call taking process, by crews on scene, or incidents where the injury cause is documented as related to an MVA. Roadway incidents determined to involve a pedestrian or bicycle are excluded, as they are captured separately in those data sets. Please note, in June of 2024, Boston EMS transitioned to a new patient record system. During this transition, a more refined approach to identifying roadway incidents was established, allowing for additional cases to be captured. Differences in MVA rates before and after June 2024 are reflective of this new reporting methodology and should not be interpreted as a change in motor vehicle incidents. Boston EMS is actively working to further improve this dataset. Once this process is complete, historic records will be updated to reflect the new methodology.  If using this data for research, please reach out to Boston EMS directly at emailems@bostonems.org if you have any questions.  
- **Data is now available through December 31, 2025.**

Tags: accidents, bikes, cars, crashes, injuries, pedestrians, safety, streets, traffic, vision zero
Organization: Vision Zero Boston
Vision Zero Fatality Records

_Vision Zero Boston is our commitment to focus the city’s resources on proven strategies to eliminate fatal and serious traffic crashes in the city by 2030. We are inspired by the belief that even one fatality is too many. Learn more about about the Vision Zero Boston program at http://visionzeroboston.org._

This dataset, provided as part of the Vision Zero Boston program, contains records of the date, time, location, and type of fatality for Vision Zero related crashes resulting in a fatality. All records are compiled by the Department of Innovation and Technology from the City's Computer-Aided Dispatch (911) system and verified by the Boston Police Department as being a Vision Zero related fatality. To protect the privacy of individuals involved in these incidents, we do not provide any descriptions of the incident or whether medical care was provided in any specific case.

_Additional notes:_

- Each incident is included only once regardless of the number of individuals involved.
- The location of an incident reflects where public safety response was dispatched to, not the incident itself.
- Records are typically updated on a monthly basis, but because the verification process involves manual confirmation of incidents, exact posting schedules may vary.
- Records may be updated after their initial posting if new information becomes available.
- The data includes traffic fatalities that take place on streets that are within the jurisdiction of the Boston Police Department. It does not include traffic fatalities on streets that are within the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts State Police. 
- The following are excluded: fatal crashes that occur on private property or on streets that are not owned by the City of Boston; fatalities due to driver medical emergencies, intentional assault, or suicide; fatalities where the driver or passenger fell out of a car.


Tags: accidents, bikes, cars, crashes, fatalities, pedestrians, safety, streets, traffic, vision zero
Organization: Vision Zero Boston
My Neighborhood Dataset

Using the [My Neighborhood](https://www.boston.gov/my-neighborhood) tool on Boston.gov, residents can search an address and find city resources closest to them, including City Councilor information, the nearest public library and park, early voting information, and more. This is the underlying dataset for the My Neighborhood tool. It is the result of joining datasets from multiple departments based on address and location information in the Street Address Management (SAM) system that is administered by the City. Each row in this dataset represents an address in the city and the resources associated with it.

Tags: address, city council, city services, neighborhood, parks, representation, resource, voting
Organization: DoIT Data & Analytics
Wireless Antenna Installation Requests Approved

Wireless small cell antenna /DAS applications that have been approved by the City of Boston since 1/1/2017.  This data is updated daily at 12:57pm.  This data should be combined with the DAS/small cell application approved prior to 1/1/2017 to get a complete profile of all installations in the City.

Tags: Approved, Installation, Requests, Wireless Antenna
Organization: Boston Maps
Boston Neighborhood Boundaries Approximated by 2020 Census Tracts

<font color='#444444' face='Lora, serif'><span style='font-size:16px;'>The Census Bureau does not recognize or release data for Boston neighborhoods. However, Census tracts can be aggregated to approximate Boston neighborhood boundaries to allow for reporting and visualization of Census data at the neighborhood level. Census tracts are created by the U.S. Census Bureau as statistical geographic subdivisions of a county defined for the tabulation and presentation of data from the decennial census and the American Community Survey. The 2020 Census tract boundary files for Boston can be found here. These tract-approximated neighborhood boundaries are used for work with Census data. Work that does not rely on Census data generally uses the Boston neighborhood boundaries found </span></font><a href='https://data.boston.gov/dataset/boston-neighborhoods' rel='nofollow ugc' target='_blank'>here</a><font color='#444444' face='Lora, serif'><span style='font-size:16px;'>.</span></font>

Tags: CT, census 2020, neighbohood, tract
Organization: Boston Maps
Boston Jobs Policy Compliance Reports

Since 1983, the Boston Residents Jobs Policy sets employment standards for City sponsored, privately funded, and federally mandated development projects taking place in the City. This compliance report dataset provides information on how project managers and specific development projects are meeting the requirements of the policy based on the workers they employ. By collecting and publishing data on the Residents Jobs Policy, the City seeks to reduce racial and gender inequality within construction projects, and also provide greater employment opportunities for residents of Boston. 

_Update 10/7/22: Work was recently completed to incorporate data from multiple methods of collecting compliance data currently in use, correcting the previously noted issue that the dataset did not contain all compliance projects, specifically those from 2019 to present._

Tags: construction, development, employment, gender, jobs, labor, labor force, legacy portal, minority, race, residency, resident employment, women, workers, workforce
Organization: Planning Department
Food Establishment Inspections

The Health Division of the Department of Inspectional Services ensures that all food establishments in the City of Boston meet relevant sanitary codes and standards. Businesses that serve food are inspected at least once a year, and follow-up inspections are performed on high risk establishments. Health inspections are also conducted in response to complaints of unsanitary conditions or illness. This is a legacy dataset containing records of individual inspections and results.

Tags: food, health, inspections, legacy portal, restaurants, violations
Organization: Inspectional Services Department
Special Event License Applications

Anyone hosting an event on public property or private property outdoors needs to apply with the City of Boston for a Special Event license. Special events include road races, block parties, festivals, and parades. Some events may include entertainment, games, food, and beverages. The Mayor's Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing (MOCAL) issues the final permit for special events. This public dataset lists all public event applications submitted to the City of Boston. It includes information on the event date, location, and application status. For more information, visit https://www.boston.gov/departments/consumer-affairs-and-licensing/rules-and-regulations-special-events

Organization: Consumer Affairs and Licensing Department
Special One-Day Alcohol Licenses

The Board issues Special One Day Alcohol licenses for special events with alcohol which include non-profit, for-profit, and charity wine events. For more details on how to obtain or the criteria for obtaining a Special One-Day Alcohol License click [here](https://www.boston.gov/departments/licensing-board/how-get-special-one-day-alcohol-license#charity-wine-event)

Tags: alcohol, business, events, licenses, liquor, permitting, special, temporary, wine
Organization: Boston Licensing Board
Crime Incident Reports (August 2015 - To Date) (Source: New System)

Crime incident reports are provided by Boston Police Department (BPD) to document the initial details surrounding an incident to which BPD officers respond. This is a dataset containing records from the new crime incident report system, which includes a reduced set of fields focused on capturing the type of incident as well as when and where it occurred. Records in the new system begin in June of 2015.

The Analyze Boston Data Exports posted now are the updated incident data from the Mark43 RMS Database which launched in September of 2019 and is complete through present with the exclusion of data that falls under [MGL ch.41 s.98f](https://malegislature.gov/laws/generallaws/parti/titlevii/chapter41/section98f). The 2019 data that was originally posted contained combined exports from the Intergraph RMS and the Mark43 RMS during 2019 but the Extract/Transfer/Load process was not updated during the transition.

Tags: crime, incidents, police, safety
Organization: Boston Police Department
Section 12 Licenses (Alcohol)

The Licensing Board for the City of Boston enforces alcohol license law under Section 12, Section 15, and Section 19 of Chapter 138 of the Massachusetts General Laws. Alcohol licenses are issued by the City of Boston Licensing Board and approved by the Massachusetts Alcohol Beverage Control Commission. Licenses are broken down into location and beverage types. **Section 12:** On-premises consumption licenses cover restaurants, clubs, hotels, taverns, and general on-premises establishments. **Section 15:** Retail location licenses for off-premises consumption include package stores, supermarkets, and convenience stores. **Section 19:** On-premises pouring permits for producers of malt (beer), wine, and spirits. This dataset also includes Bring Your Own Beverage (BYOB) licensees. This dataset does not contain void, expired, or closed licenses or establishments. It also does not include applications that are pending approval before the Licensing Board or ABCC. For more information please visit the [Boston Licensing Board website](https://www.boston.gov/departments/licensing-board)

Tags: alcohol, licensing board, liquor licenses
Organization: Boston Licensing Board
RentSmart

RentSmart Boston compiles data from BOS:311 and the City's Inspectional Services Division to give prospective tenants a more complete picture of the homes and apartments they are considering renting, assisting them in understanding any previous issues with the property, including: housing violations, building violations, enforcement violations, housing complaints, sanitation requests, and/or civic maintenance requests.

You can look up individual properties using the RentSmart dashboard [here](https://www.boston.gov/departments/analytics-team/rentsmart-boston).

Tags: 311, housing, inspectional services, property, rent, renters, rentsmart, tenants, violations
Organization: DoIT Data & Analytics
Boston Precinct Boundaries

<span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>The precincts displayed on this map were developed based on the 2020 U.S Census blocks and revised by the City of Boston Election Commission to conform to the voting precinct guidelines. These precincts were adopted in 2022 by the Board of Election Commission and by the MA State Legislature. Sources: U.S. Census, voter Registration database, and Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. This map is intended for planning and visualization purposes only.</span>

Organization: Boston Maps