FW: foot traffic data for COVID-19 research for economists

From: Grossman, Michael <MGrossman_at_gc.cuny.edu>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 19:03:04 +0000

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From: Auren Hoffman [mailto:auren_at_safegraph.com]
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2020 11:57 AM
To: Grossman, Michael <MGrossman_at_gc.cuny.edu>
Subject: foot traffic data for COVID-19 research for economists

also: here is a recent CDC MMWR that walks through what the CDC is doing with the SafeGraph data:
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6915e2-H.pdf?deliveryName=USCDC_921-DM25761 [cdc.gov]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.cdc.gov_mmwr_volumes_69_wr_pdfs_mm6915e2-2DH.pdf-3FdeliveryName-3DUSCDC-5F921-2DDM25761-26is-3D5eb02e8a5dd90e2577e6044b&d=DwMFaQ&c=8v77JlHZOYsReeOxyYXDU39VUUzHxyfBUh7fw_ZfBDA&r=VKBEDrI-4YYLaJVodCF1gKaIQ5dqQoyubJF8M_lSv1E&m=B-eM_7q7o4HZz3GHWSrkEZJhvkwmkBn0nIS1sNXN9bw&s=ksHCFmHP1R7ASj0x8R0Gr8gVmWl7lJfhuIJKNjE7V7E&e=>

and here is an in-depth on how the CDC and the Federal Reserve are using the data:
https://www.safegraph.com/blog/safegraph-provides-cdc-fed-and-1000-organizations-with-data-to-fight-the-covid-19-crisis [safegraph.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.safegraph.com_blog_safegraph-2Dprovides-2Dcdc-2Dfed-2Dand-2D1000-2Dorganizations-2Dwith-2Ddata-2Dto-2Dfight-2Dthe-2Dcovid-2D19-2Dcrisis-3Futm-5Fsource-3Dconsortium-5Foutreach-26utm-5Fmedium-3Demail-26utm-5Fcampaign-3Dconsortium-5Fauren-26utm-5Fcontent-3Dtext-26is-3D5eb02e8a5dd90e2577e6044b&d=DwMFaQ&c=8v77JlHZOYsReeOxyYXDU39VUUzHxyfBUh7fw_ZfBDA&r=VKBEDrI-4YYLaJVodCF1gKaIQ5dqQoyubJF8M_lSv1E&m=B-eM_7q7o4HZz3GHWSrkEZJhvkwmkBn0nIS1sNXN9bw&s=SdUUME04tLfZZwrJM17B4cmNLtvFGaQSZKKELZIYU88&e=>

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On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 9:39 AM Auren Hoffman <auren_at_safegraph.com<mailto:auren_at_safegraph.com>> wrote:
Michael - Over 350 more organizations have started working with the foot traffic data to combat the spread of the coronavirus and to help get the economy moving. We have also added credit card data (in addition to the SafeGraph foot traffic data).

If anyone on your team wants to join, feel free to have them sign up here:
https://www.safegraph.com/covid-19-data-consortium [safegraph.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.safegraph.com_covid-2D19-2Ddata-2Dconsortium-3Futm-5Fsource-3Dconsortium-5Foutreach-26utm-5Fmedium-3Demail-26utm-5Fcampaign-3Dconsortium-5Fauren-26utm-5Fcontent-3Dtext-26is-3D5eb02e8a5dd90e2577e6044b&d=DwMFaQ&c=8v77JlHZOYsReeOxyYXDU39VUUzHxyfBUh7fw_ZfBDA&r=VKBEDrI-4YYLaJVodCF1gKaIQ5dqQoyubJF8M_lSv1E&m=B-eM_7q7o4HZz3GHWSrkEZJhvkwmkBn0nIS1sNXN9bw&s=1dySqsrCbOFrtVvlgoxHIIZalzdd4sZlyQaZ8Obt_Z8&e=>

Here is a tweet from Ana Bento:
https://twitter.com/AnisabelBento/status/1254752402969853954 [twitter.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_AnisabelBento_status_1254752402969853954-3Fis-3D5eb02e8a5dd90e2577e6044b&d=DwMFaQ&c=8v77JlHZOYsReeOxyYXDU39VUUzHxyfBUh7fw_ZfBDA&r=VKBEDrI-4YYLaJVodCF1gKaIQ5dqQoyubJF8M_lSv1E&m=B-eM_7q7o4HZz3GHWSrkEZJhvkwmkBn0nIS1sNXN9bw&s=75HKf4h8XmhIPwDxRr1mo-QsKMtD0xIoxsatl0E8p6E&e=>

also: here is an example: Shelter-in-Place Index:
https://www.safegraph.com/dashboard/covid19-shelter-in-place [safegraph.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.safegraph.com_dashboard_covid19-2Dshelter-2Din-2Dplace-3Futm-5Fsource-3Dconsortium-5Foutreach-26utm-5Fmedium-3Demail-26utm-5Fcampaign-3Dconsortium-5Fauren-26utm-5Fcontent-3Dtext-26is-3D5eb02e8a5dd90e2577e6044b&d=DwMFaQ&c=8v77JlHZOYsReeOxyYXDU39VUUzHxyfBUh7fw_ZfBDA&r=VKBEDrI-4YYLaJVodCF1gKaIQ5dqQoyubJF8M_lSv1E&m=B-eM_7q7o4HZz3GHWSrkEZJhvkwmkBn0nIS1sNXN9bw&s=z0Epk5arzii7ea4oj-nlCptyE9COOcbFSK2LhXKH2nQ&e=>

- Auren

p.s. We also recently launched daily Social Distancing Metrics that are very easy to consume:
https://docs.safegraph.com/docs/social-distancing-metrics [docs.safegraph.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.safegraph.com_docs_social-2Ddistancing-2Dmetrics-3Futm-5Fsource-3Dconsortium-5Foutreach-26utm-5Fmedium-3Demail-26utm-5Fcampaign-3Dconsortium-5Fauren-26utm-5Fcontent-3Dtext-26is-3D5eb02e8a5dd90e2577e6044b&d=DwMFaQ&c=8v77JlHZOYsReeOxyYXDU39VUUzHxyfBUh7fw_ZfBDA&r=VKBEDrI-4YYLaJVodCF1gKaIQ5dqQoyubJF8M_lSv1E&m=B-eM_7q7o4HZz3GHWSrkEZJhvkwmkBn0nIS1sNXN9bw&s=IWkWUnah1WaKMwm73aAuHDtffamt3g3h9gJDkV3t02U&e=>

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On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 9:42 AM Auren Hoffman <auren_at_safegraph.com<mailto:auren_at_safegraph.com>> wrote:
Michael -

SafeGraph's aggregated foot traffic data is available to economists at no cost.
Data includes foot traffic on every commercial place in the U.S. and Canada … and also foot traffic within census block groups.

Over 2100 researchers are currently working with the data including economists Susan Athey, Keith Chen, Raj Chetty, Austan Goolsbee, Matthew Gentzkow, Hunt Allcott, and many others.

Here is some of the published research we are seeing (just in the past few days) - https://www.safegraph.com/publications [safegraph.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.safegraph.com_publications-3Fis-3D5eb02e8a5dd90e2577e6044b&d=DwMFaQ&c=8v77JlHZOYsReeOxyYXDU39VUUzHxyfBUh7fw_ZfBDA&r=VKBEDrI-4YYLaJVodCF1gKaIQ5dqQoyubJF8M_lSv1E&m=B-eM_7q7o4HZz3GHWSrkEZJhvkwmkBn0nIS1sNXN9bw&s=64FQsDtdepEbFkf8IG7k_IOO3ObqCAXGFTLqr9g54us&e=>

If you are interested in building on top of our location data, please send fill out this form to get started:
https://www.safegraph.com/covid-19-data-consortium [safegraph.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.safegraph.com_covid-2D19-2Ddata-2Dconsortium-3Fis-3D5eb02e8a5dd90e2577e6044b&d=DwMFaQ&c=8v77JlHZOYsReeOxyYXDU39VUUzHxyfBUh7fw_ZfBDA&r=VKBEDrI-4YYLaJVodCF1gKaIQ5dqQoyubJF8M_lSv1E&m=B-eM_7q7o4HZz3GHWSrkEZJhvkwmkBn0nIS1sNXN9bw&s=11uY9O9l9T4dQ-6pkC19L7QqvVlbr1_4Zhek2EJ_NJw&e=>

- Auren

p.s. here is an example of how the data can be useful:
https://www.safegraph.com/dashboard/covid19-commerce-patterns [safegraph.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.safegraph.com_dashboard_covid19-2Dcommerce-2Dpatterns-3Fis-3D5eb02e8a5dd90e2577e6044b&d=DwMFaQ&c=8v77JlHZOYsReeOxyYXDU39VUUzHxyfBUh7fw_ZfBDA&r=VKBEDrI-4YYLaJVodCF1gKaIQ5dqQoyubJF8M_lSv1E&m=B-eM_7q7o4HZz3GHWSrkEZJhvkwmkBn0nIS1sNXN9bw&s=l-hSUx7aXa44pxR706gtOHlBLBxNLs1tBkhI0XhgvCM&e=>

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