Replica

Replica is a San Francisco-based data platform for the built environment, spun out of Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs in 2019, that operates a nationwide activity-based travel model. Its analytical engine combines public data (US Census/ACS, GTFS transit feeds, OpenStreetMap road networks, land-use records, state traffic counts) with licensed private data (de-identified aggregate mobile location, credit transaction and driving-behavior data) to synthesize a privacy-preserving simulated population and a complete trip table for the United States. Products include Places (seasonal, high-fidelity activity-based travel model), Trends (weekly near-real-time mobility and land-use data), Safety Hub, Safe Streets Planner, and a suite of workflow applications used by state DOTs, MPOs, transit agencies, cities and counties. Data is consumed through the Replica Studio web platform, CSV export and direct database access; Replica publishes documented dataset schemas at documentation.replicahq.com but no public developer REST API, SDK or developer portal.

Replica is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Data, Mobility, Transportation, and Geospatial.

Replica’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, changelog, and 33 more developer resources.

18.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
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CompanyDataMobilityTransportationGeospatialUrban PlanningTravel Demand ModelingGovernmentAnalyticsData Platform

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0
Composite quality — 18.6/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 21
Developer Ergonomics 3.6 / 17
Access Clarity 1.1 / 17
Operational Transparency 2.0 / 11
Contract Governance 3.4 / 10
Discoverability 5.8 / 9
Regulatory Posture 3.1 / 15
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5
Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Government & Public Sector regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.
The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.
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JSON Schema 19

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Active Transportation Trips

33 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT)

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Auto and TNC Trips

33 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Commercial Freight Trips

33 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Crash Data

16 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Daily Network Link Volumes

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Daily O-D Pairs

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Daily VMT

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Demographics and Employment

39 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Seasonal Trip Table

33 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Annual Speeds per Network Link

15 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Hourly Auto Volume Profile

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Network Links

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Annual Quarter-Hourly Speed Profiles

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Transit Trips

40 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Turning Movement Counts

15 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Replica Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 20

Reference material describing how the API behaves

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Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: replica
name: Replica
description: Replica is a San Francisco-based data platform for the built environment, spun out of Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs
  in 2019, that operates a nationwide activity-based travel model. Its analytical engine combines public data (US Census/ACS,
  GTFS transit feeds, OpenStreetMap road networks, land-use records, state traffic counts) with licensed private data (de-identified
  aggregate mobile location, credit transaction and driving-behavior data) to synthesize a privacy-preserving simulated population
  and a complete trip table for the United States. Products include Places (seasonal, high-fidelity activity-based travel
  model), Trends (weekly near-real-time mobility and land-use data), Safety Hub, Safe Streets Planner, and a suite of workflow
  applications used by state DOTs, MPOs, transit agencies, cities and counties. Data is consumed through the Replica Studio
  web platform, CSV export and direct database access; Replica publishes documented dataset schemas at documentation.replicahq.com
  but no public developer REST API, SDK or developer portal.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/replica/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:secondary-market
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: harvest
x-secondary-market:
- https://forgeglobal.com/replica_stock/
- https://equityzen.com/company/replica/
- https://www.hiive.com/securities/replica-stock
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-08-02'
modified: '2026-08-02'
image: https://replicahq.com/og-image.jpg
tags:
- Company
- Data
- Mobility
- Transportation
- Geospatial
- Urban Planning
- Travel Demand Modeling
- Government
- Analytics
- Data Platform
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/replica-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.replicahq.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://documentation.replicahq.com/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://help.replicahq.com/en/collections/1232529-introduction-to-replica
- type: Support
  url: https://help.replicahq.com/en/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.replicahq.com/blog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/replicahq
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/replicahq
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://help.replicahq.com/en/articles/4374395-replica-product-release-notes
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.replicahq.com/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.replicahq.com/privacy-policy
- type: Login
  url: https://studio.replicahq.com/
- type: ChangeLog
  name: Replica release notes (structured)
  url: changelog/replica-changelog.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/replica-llms.txt
- type: Vocabulary
  name: Replica Data Dictionary
  url: vocabulary/replica-data-dictionary.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/replica-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/replica-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/replica-conformance.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/replica-packages.yml
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Active Transportation Trips
  url: json-schema/replica-active-transportation.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT)
  url: json-schema/replica-annual-average-daily-traffic-aadt.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Auto and TNC Trips
  url: json-schema/replica-auto-tnc-trips.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Commercial Freight Trips
  url: json-schema/replica-commercial-freight.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: '[Discontinued] Spend County-to-County Flows'
  url: json-schema/replica-consumer-spending-by-county-to-county-flows.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: '[Discontinued] Weekly Spend (by home location)'
  url: json-schema/replica-consumer-spending-by-home-merchant-location.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Crash Data
  url: json-schema/replica-crash-data.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Daily Network Link Volumes
  url: json-schema/replica-daily-network-link-volumes.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Daily O-D Pairs
  url: json-schema/replica-daily-o-d-data.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Daily VMT
  url: json-schema/replica-daily-vmt.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Demographics and Employment
  url: json-schema/replica-demographics-employment.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Seasonal Trip Table
  url: json-schema/replica-disaggregate-trip-tables.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Annual Speeds per Network Link
  url: json-schema/replica-free-flow-speed-per-network-link.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Hourly Auto Volume Profile
  url: json-schema/replica-hourly-auto-volume-profile.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Network Links
  url: json-schema/replica-network-links.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Annual Quarter-Hourly Speed Profiles
  url: json-schema/replica-quarter-hourly-speed-profile-per-network-link-annual.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Transit Trips
  url: json-schema/replica-transit.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: Turning Movement Counts
  url: json-schema/replica-turning-movement-counts-tmcs.json
- type: JSONSchema
  name: '[Discontinued] Weekly Spend (by merchant location)'
  url: json-schema/replica-weekly-spend-by-merchant-location.json
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-02'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 29
  pass: local-v1

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