The Development Log provides a record of large-scale development projects occurring in the City of Cambridge. The Log, updated on a quarterly basis, is distributed to City departments and the public to keep them posted about development progress, from permitting through construction to completion. This table includes data about each specific use found within each project. A separate Development Log table includes general project information, such as development status and statistics related to the entire project.

The Current Edition Table lists data from all developments found in the last published edition of the Log, whose status range from In Permitting to Complete in the then current calendar year. For projects completed in earlier calendar years see https://data.cambridgema.gov/Planning/Development-Log-Historical-Projects-Use-Data/r5mv-isth

Commercial parcel data for fiscal year 2016, including sales, land and building data

***This dataset has been deprecated. Cambridge now maintains a single Computer Aided Dispatch open dataset that includes data from multiple years, including 2015.

The Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Entries data set reflects information approved for general release by the Cambridge Police Department and the Cambridge Fire Department. All entries are inputted by dispatchers in the Emergency Communications Center (ECC). This data set does not reflect all events received by the ECC. Certain entries are not included due to concerns related to privacy, criminal investigation, or protected data. Additionally, not all entries reflect a dispatched response and some data may reflect a duplicate entry for a specific incident. This dataset does not include any first responder calls related to emergency medical services (EMS), and does not contain all police or fire entries.

The attached PDF file contains agenda, minutes, and outcomes for Cambridge's quarterly Open Data Review Board (ODRB) meetings. The ODRB's charge is to advise the City Manager on policies, rules, and standards related to Cambridge’s Open Data Program. Please contact Cambridge's Open Data Program Manager, Reinhard Engels, at rengels@cambridgema.gov with questions about these materials.

This dataset contains all of the ideas (projects) proposed by community members about how they think the City should spend a given year’s Participatory Budgeting funds. Each summer, community members submit ideas. Each fall, volunteer Budget Delegates research the ideas, evaluating each one based on feasibility, need, and impact. The Delegates ultimately develop about 20 final projects for the public to vote on in December of each year.

To learn more, please visit http://pb.cambridgema.gov/

Extract of Cambridge Assessing Department on-line property database file for FY16. Contains residential, condo, commercial and exempt data. Please see attached Cambridge Property Data Metadata for field description.

All vehicles towed within the City of Cambridge reported to the Cambridge Emergency Communications Department. Includes both vehicles towed by the city (for snow emergencies, street cleaning, parking violations, etc.) and private tows (from business parking lots, etc.)

The data incorporates information on building permits, certificates of occupancy, lodging houses, and university owned housing, as well as Community Development Department information on the development pipeline. To assure equivalent treatment across the city, all apartment-style graduate student housing operated by local universities is included in the housing and property counts. These figures used here are a snap shot of the housing stock as of June 30, 2023.

This polygon layer contains metered street parking spaces in the City of Cambridge. Created for use with online permitting for street obstructions (moving vans, dumpsters, etc.) and for the Traffic and Parking Department for parking meter inventory.

For more information and download links see:
http://www.cambridgema.gov/gis/gisdatadictionary/traffic/traffic_meteredparkingspaces.aspx

This table includes residential building permits issued from 1996 through December 31, 2023. Each listing includes the permitted address, map-lot parcel identification number, Cambridge neighborhood, prior use, permitted use, number of permitted units, and number of units lost or gained,

The date reflects the year during which a building permit was first issued for a development project. This is not an indication of the date of completion. This list only includes projects that removed an existing building, constructed a new building or combined or split units within an existing structure. Major rehabilitation projects that did not change a structures unit count are not included here. All data is subject to revision.

Data sources include the Cambridge Assessing Department, the Cambridge Development Log, and the Cambridge Inspection Services Department.