Origins & Destinations data provides a way to explore mobility patterns across your Area of Interest. If you’d like to work with this data outside of Metroview, you can export Origins and Destinations data directly from the platform for use in GIS or other analysis tools.
Exporting Origins & Destinations data
To begin, navigate to the Origins & Destinations view from the Map tab in Metroview. In the lower-right corner of the screen, the data summary panel includes an option to Download Origins & Destinations data.
Before starting the download, you can apply filters using the controls on the lower-left side of the map. Any filters you apply will be reflected in the exported data. Available filters include:
Origins or Destinations
Trip purpose
Time of day
Days of the week
Time period
After clicking the download button, a panel will appear allowing you to choose whether to export Origins data, Destinations data, or both. Once you’ve made your selection and acknowledged the Terms of Use, click Save to Data to queue the export.
Your export will be processed and can be accessed from the Data page. Processing time depends on the selected date range and the size of your Area of Interest. When the export is ready, an orange Download button will appear.
When you download the ZIP file, it will contain the requested data files. If you selected both Origins and Destinations, the ZIP will include a separate CSV for each, along with a shapefile and its associated files.
Working with Origins and Destinations Data Exports
Origins & Destinations exports include two file types:
A CSV containing aggregated counts
A shapefile representing the hexagonal grid
The hexagonal grid used in Metroview is based on the H3 grid system, an open-source geospatial framework that divides space into hexagonal cells. Each CSV includes a hex_id field, which corresponds directly to the same field in the shapefile and can be used to join the two datasets. The hex_id values follow the standard H3 format and are not unique to Strava Metro, allowing for integration with other datasets that use H3.
Each CSV contains one row per hexagon. Informational fields include:
date, indicating the month or year of data includedorigins_or_destinations, identifying the data typeactivity_types, distinguishing bicycle and pedestrian activity
Additional columns contain aggregated trip counts for each hexagon. These counts reflect trips that either started in the hexagon (Origins) or ended in the hexagon (Destinations), further broken down based on the selected filters for trip purpose, time of day, and day of week. Column names indicate how these filters are applied.
For detailed definitions of each field, see the Glossary & Data Dictionary.