This contains the source-code used to download the original data and generate the hourly traffic flow data from October 2019 to September 2023 in Glasgow.
All the code related to the traffic flow data is available in this repository (https://github.com/YueLi-0816/TrafficFlowData).
The map below shows the spatial distribution of all 1033 traffic sensors in Glasgow.
Li, Y., Zhao, Q. and Wang, M. (2025) High-resolution traffic flow data from the urban traffic control system in Glasgow. Scientific Data, 12, 253. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04494-y.
- The traffic flow data can be downloaded at: Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) and https://zenodo.org/records/12100278.
This project is funded by the China Scholarship Council (CSC) from the Ministry of Education of P.R. China, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)’s ongoing support for the Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) [ES/L011921/1 and ES/S007105/1], and the Royal Society International Exchange Scheme [IEC\NSFC\223042].