VTA 'Wheels on the Bus' SMART Grant - Bike Rack, Wheelchair Occupancy, and CCTV Videos Datasets

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• Creators:
  Cheng, Kay ; Keshmiri, Armon ; Gupta, Tanay ; Bisceglia, Michelle ; Wang, Shuai ; Ledbetter, Lauren ; Lin, Ian ; Berger, Adam
• Corporate Creators:
  Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority ; Sapna NYC (WSP)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Accessibility Bicycle Counts Bicycles Buses Closed Circuit Television Computer Vision Demonstration Projects Passenger Counting Passenger Information Systems Real Time Information Restraint Systems Sensors Structured Data Video Wheelchair Lifts Wheelchairs Wireless Sensors

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• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1404168
• Resource Type:
  Dataset
• Right Statement:
  Open Access; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Program
• Abstract:
  Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s (VTA) Wheels on the Bus—Real-time Data Project (the Project) is pioneering the use of sensor occupancy technology to make transit more accessible for bicyclists and passengers with disabilities. These passenger groups account for almost 10% of passengers who use VTA’s bus service. The Project aims to provide passengers with real-time occupancy data about priority seating areas and bus-mounted bike racks. Access to this data would make trip planning easier and empower bicyclists and passengers who have disabilities by reducing denied boardings caused by a lack of space for bikes or wheelchairs.
  
  The Project is funded by a Stage 1 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grant Program. During State 1, the Project Team tested multiple technologies and has successfully begun collecting bike rack and priority seat occupancy data.
  
  Stage 1 of the Project consisted of a pilot program to retrofit a single bus with applicable technologies to collect and transmit bike rack and priority seating occupancy data. This stage spanned over a year and included evaluating multiple technologies, engaging with key stakeholders, piloting hardware and software technologies for both passenger groups, and partnering with internal departments to assess feasibility and next steps.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  National Transportation Library (NTL) Curation Note: This dataset has been curated to CoreTrustSeal's curation level "A. Active Preservation". To find out more information on CoreTrustSeal's curation levels, please consult their "Curation & Preservation Levels" CoreTrustSeal Discussion Paper" (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11476980). NTL staff last accessed this dataset at its repository URL on 2025-08-19. If, in the future, you have trouble accessing this dataset, please email NTLDataCurator@dot.gov describing your problem. NTL staff will do its best to assist you at that time.
  
  Public Access Note: This item is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Use the following citation:
  
  VTA (2025). "VTA "Wheels on the Bus" SMART Grant - Bike Rack, Wheelchair Occupancy, and CCTV Videos Datasets." Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Program. https://doi.org/10.21949/1404181
  
  Data Management Plan Note: This dataset is associated with a Data Management Plan (DMP) originally created using the DMPTool. A copy is included in the accompanying ZIP file and is also accessible online: https://doi.org/10.48321/D1A2A9CFDF
  
  
• Format:
  ZIP
• Funding:
  69A3552341049
• Collection(s):
  SMART Program
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2d8c612204aeef0f440c3672b9072f5a271620439937ef00e83bbcc4c2a360594fd9fb6f51d32522fc391bc3f23d857705fcf3ad7003e6550984b793a5cd9286
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/86457/dot_86457_DS1.zip
• File Type:
  [ZIP - 74.38 MB ]