Traffic Safety Integration and Comprehensive Caching System

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

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+# Pull Request Template
+
+## Description
+Describe the purpose of this pull request, the changes made, and any issues it addresses.
+
+## Type of change
+- [ ] Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
+- [ ] New feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality)
+- [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
+- [ ] Documentation update
+- [ ] Performance improvement
+- [ ] Code refactoring (no functional changes)
+
+## Checklist
+- [ ] I have tested these changes locally
+- [ ] I have updated the documentation accordingly
+- [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
+- [ ] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
+- [ ] New and existing tests pass with my changes
+- [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published
+
+## Performance Impact
+- [ ] No performance impact
+- [ ] Minor performance improvement
+- [ ] Significant performance improvement
+- [ ] Potential performance regression (explain below)
+
+## Memory Usage Impact
+- [ ] No memory usage impact
+- [ ] Reduced memory requirements
+- [ ] Increased memory requirements (explain below)
+
+## Additional Information
+Add any other relevant information about the changes, including screenshots if appropriate.

.gitignore

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-# R specific ignores
-.Rproj.user
-.Rhistory
-.RData
-.Ruserdata
-
 # Large data files
-data/cdc_places/*.csv
-data/census_historical/*.txt
-data/crime/*.csv
-data/economic/*.csv
-data/education/*.csv
-data/epa/tri/*.csv
-data/epa/*.csv
-data/epa/*.zip
-data/healthcare/*.csv
-data/housing/*.csv
-data/ihme/CSV/*.CSV
-data/ihme/Docs/*.PDF
-data/ihme/Docs/*.XLSX
-data/nhgis/*.CSV
-data/seer/*.gz
-data/shapefiles/*.rds
-data/shapefiles/*.txt
-data/social_cohesion/*.csv
-data/transportation/*.csv
-data/usda_food_atlas/*.csv
-data/usda_food_atlas/*.xls
-data/built_environment/*.csv
-
-# Preserve smaller index and metadata files
-!data/shapefiles/shapefile_index.csv
-
-# Database files
 *.duckdb
 *.duckdb.wal
+*.csv.gz
+*.csv.zip
+*.rds
+*.parquet
+*.feather
 
-# Cache and generated files
-data/cache/*
-output/maps/*
-logs/*.log
-
-# OS specific
+# Temporary files
+*.log
+*.png
+Rplots.pdf
+.RData
+.Rhistory
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
 .DS_Store
-Thumbs.db
+backup_*/*
+
+# Keep empty directories
+\!**/.gitkeep
 
-# Allow .gitkeep files in otherwise empty directories
-!**/.gitkeep
+# Don't ignore specific README files
+\!output/maps/README.md
+\!*/README.md