This dataset contains shared micromobility vehicle trip data reported to the City of Austin Transportation Department as part of the Shared Small Vehicle Mobility Systems operating rules.
Note that our official trip reporting metrics only include trips which meet the following criteria:
- trip distance greater than or equal to .1 miles and less than 500 miles
- trip duration less than 24 hours
** Note About Location Data and Privacy (Apr 12, 2019) **
After discussion with colleagues and industry experts, we have decided to remove the latitude and longitude data from our public shared micromobility trips dataset in order to protect user privacy. We’re doing this out of an abundance of caution. No shared micromobility user has been personally identified by the data we’ve released, and we believe that this risk is extremely low.
There is no consensus from the community on how best to share this kind of location data, and it’s likely that the way we release shared micromobility data will continue to change over time. Furthermore, we remain committed to being as transparent as possible with our shared micromobility data management, and strongly believe that this data is a valuable community resource.
We are also working to produce a dataset that provides aggregated trip origins and destinations in a way that does not risk re-identifying users, while still being of use to researchers and members of the public. More details on that soon.
