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Boston Foot Traffic

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Academic Use Attestation

This heat map is a research output of Brown University's Policy in Action program, produced in partnership with the Boston Main Streets Foundation and the City of Boston's Mobile Enterprise team. It incorporates foot-traffic data provided by Dewey Data Inc. and sourced from Advan Research, licensed to the project strictly for academic research purposes.

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  1. This map is available strictly for academic and non-commercial research review. Any commercial, operational, or investment use of the underlying data is prohibited.
  2. I will not distribute, publish, or otherwise make available the Licensed Data to any third party, whether in raw form or otherwise. Only summary visualizations are displayed here.
  3. I will not use this data to evaluate, compare, benchmark, or verify the accuracy or completeness of any other data source, nor publish any such results.
  4. I will not use the data for targeted advertising, to build a profile of any individual or device, or in connection with any financial instrument, investment activity, or financial service.
  5. If the City of Boston, Boston Main Streets Foundation, or any other party wishes to use Dewey or Advan Research data for operational, commercial, or ongoing municipal purposes, a separate commercial license must be obtained directly from Dewey Data Inc. (deweydata.io) and its data partners. This research site does not grant, imply, or substitute for any such license.