Durham Family Responsibility Zones

An interactive Leaflet and OpenStreetMap map of Durham Public Schools (DPS) Family Responsibility Zones (FRZs), school assignment zones, and walking and biking infrastructure in Durham, NC.

It is for DPS parents, prospective Durham families, and walk/bike advocates such as Bike Durham. It shows which homes fall inside an FRZ (no DPS bus service), how a family could walk or bike to school, and where gaps in the network block safe routes.

Live map: https://davidbradway.github.io/durham-family-responsibility-zones/

This project replaces an earlier ArcGIS Online version.

Layers

• DPS Family Responsibility Zones, with a sidebar listing each school that has one (click to zoom)
• Elementary, middle, and high school assignment zones (newest school year Durham publishes, shown on the map)
• DPS school locations
• Existing sidewalks and paths (off by default) and future pedestrian facilities
• Existing and future bike facilities
• Paper streets (platted but unbuilt rights-of-way that could become connections)
• Durham city limits

See DATA.md for sources, processing, and attribution.

How it works

scripts/fetch_data.py   ->  site/data/*.geojson  ->  site/ (static Leaflet page)  ->  GitHub Pages

• scripts/fetch_data.py downloads every layer from public City of Durham ArcGIS services and the DPS Google My Maps. It uses only the Python standard library.
• .github/workflows/update-and-deploy.yml runs the script every Monday (or on demand), commits any data changes, and deploys site/ to GitHub Pages. Pushes to main redeploy without refetching.
• If a source is down, that layer keeps its last committed copy.

Run locally

python scripts/fetch_data.py         # optional: refresh data
python -m http.server -d site 8000   # then open http://localhost:8000

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

Code: MIT. Data: see DATA.md. Each layer keeps its publisher's terms.