Data · dataset · 2011
Towed Vehicles
Listed in Chicago Data Portal
This dataset displays location for vehicles that have been towed and impounded by the City of Chicago within the last 90 days.
Description
Illegally parked vehicles, abandoned vehicles and vehicles used for illegal activities may be towed by the Chicago Police Department, the Department of Streets and Sanitation, the Department of Revenue, Aviation and the office of the City Clerk. After a tow request is issued, an inventory number is assigned by the Department of Streets and Sanitation and a truck is dispatched to tow the requested vehicle to a City auto pound.
Disclaimer: This dataset includes vehicles towed or relocated by the City of Chicago; it does not include vehicles towed by a private towing company.
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Background
Information: Auto Pound Locations (j.mp/kG5sgF). Tow Process Overview (j.mp/lfBOEP). Common Towing Questions (j.mp/imFYlp).
Parking and Standing Violations (j.mp/ifW8Uj). Related Applications: Find Your Vehicle (j.mp/lWn0S7).
Links
Get the data
- CSV data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/ygr5-vcbg/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD ↗
download · from data cityofchicago org
Where it is published
- Chicago Data Portal dataset page data.cityofchicago.org/Transportation/Towed-Vehicles/ygr5-vcbg ↗
landing page · from data cityofchicago org
Catalogue records · 1
- SODA API data.cityofchicago.org/resource/ygr5-vcbg.json ↗
metadata API · from data cityofchicago org
Topics
- Stated by source
- Transportation
- From keywords
- Engineering · Social Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Data Portal | ygr5-vcbg | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · data cityofchicago org | connector:data_cityofchicago_org@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · data cityofchicago org | connector:data_cityofchicago_org@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · data cityofchicago org | connector:data_cityofchicago_org@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].socrata_category:data_cityofchicago_org:transportation | source · data cityofchicago org | connector:data_cityofchicago_org@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data cityofchicago org | connector:data_cityofchicago_org@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data cityofchicago org | connector:data_cityofchicago_org@1.0.0 | /resource/description |
| publication_date | source · data cityofchicago org | connector:data_cityofchicago_org@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data cityofchicago org | connector:data_cityofchicago_org@1.0.0 | /resource/name |
| updated_date | source · data cityofchicago org | connector:data_cityofchicago_org@1.0.0 |