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Vancouver Road Ahead Current Road Closures

Current road-closure projects, streets, completion dates, links, and line geometries for building live disruption and routing context tools.

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At a Glance

Difficulty
Beginner — comfortable for a first prototype
Size
Tiny · 1e-4–0.01 GB
Formats
CSV, JSON, GeoJSON, DWG, Atom, GeoRSS
Access
Download and API
API Key
Not Required
Provider
City of Vancouver
Updates
Daily
Last Verified
Sep 3, 2026
Source Type
Government Source
Data Terms
Open Government Licence - Vancouver
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From Source to Product Signal

Test a Product Idea in Four Steps

Start with the current closure records from one bounded API page. Locations are tied to street segments and may not show the exact work site, while the separate weekday feeds refresh more often than this daily extract.

1

Check the Setup

  • Python 3.10 or newer
  • A notebook environment such as Jupyter or Google Colab
  • An internet connection
2

Access the Data

  1. 1.Open the official dataset page and review the location and feed-refresh notes.
  2. 2.Query a bounded page through the OpenDataSoft API.
  3. 3.Keep project, street, location, completion date, source link, and geometry.
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3

Run the Python Example

Install the packages, then run the notebook cell.

python -m pip install pandas requests

import pandas as pd
import requests

url = "https://opendata.vancouver.ca/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/road-ahead-current-road-closures/records"
response = requests.get(url, params={"limit": 100}, timeout=30)
response.raise_for_status()
closures = pd.DataFrame(response.json()["results"])
columns = ["project", "street", "location", "comp_date", "url_link"]
print(closures[columns].head())
print(closures["geom"].iloc[0]["geometry"]["type"])
4

Test a Useful Signal

Map Current Road Closures

Test whether the daily extract can add road-work context to a local mobility map.

  1. 01Plot current line geometries and label each project and completion date.
  2. 02Flag closures whose completion date has passed at retrieval time.
  3. 03Explain why segment-level locations and different extract refresh rates limit routing decisions.

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Dataset Details

City of Vancouver is a government source. Last verified 2026-09-03. Temporal coverage: Current road closures.

Provider

City of Vancouver

Data Terms

Open Government Licence - Vancouver

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