Transportation Tuesday this week looks at transit ridership data in metro Atlanta. This interactive dashboard, from the Atlanta Regional Transportation Factbook, shows transit ridership from 1999-2014 for four different agencies (MARTA, CCT, GRTA, and GCT). The dashboard also shows the number of boardings (people getting on the train) by MARTA rail stations. Transit ridership has [...]
Last week's Monday Mapday looked at the ARC 2015-2040 population forecast for change in population density from The Atlanta Region's Plan, which was adopted by the Atlanta Regional Commission board on February 23. This week, the map uses the employment forecast to show change in employment density (jobs per square mile) by census tracts. The areas forecast to have [...]
This week's Transportation Tuesday looks at park-and-ride lots in metro Atlanta. As a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategy, park-and-ride lots serve to increase access to transit options by allowing commuters to transfer from their vehicles to transit, vanpools, or carpools. The circles in this map represent park and ride lots and increase in size based on the number [...]
The Atlanta Region's Plan was adopted by the Atlanta Regional Commission board on February 24. As part of the process, ARC has forecast population and employment change from 2015-2040. This map shows change in population density by census tracts, with the greatest concentrations of change occurring in central DeKalb and Fulton counties, Gwinnett County, and Forsyth [...]
This map compares the 100 largest metros by their percent change in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 2010-2014. Metro Atlanta is in the second highest class, with a 7.72% increase in GDP (using 2009 dollars). You can explore this map and others by visiting the 100 Largest Metros interactive map on Neighborhood Nexus. [...]
When gas prices go up, do people drive less? This motion chart uses data from the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) to compare gas prices and vehicle miles traveled for the 15 metro areas TTI classifies as "Very Large." For the time period of 1982-2014, the chart uses the following variables: Daily vehicle-miles of travel (VMT) [...]
