This map shows neighborhoods in metro Atlanta where the mean travel time to work is between 30 - 45 minutes, and where 85% or more of commuters drive alone to work. Driving alone on a long commute is considered a health factor by County Health Rankings. "A 2012 study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found [...]
Using The Center for Neighborhood Technology’s Housing +Transportation (H+T®) Affordability Index mapping tools, the images below show greenhouse gas emissions throughout metro Atlanta. The data use transportation and household factors to model annual greenhouse gas emissions per acre (left) and per household (right). The emissions per acre map shows higher concentrations in the urban core and along [...]
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) recently adopted an update to the Atlanta Regional Freight Mobility Plan that features short-term and long-term strategies to enhance the movement of freight in metro Atlanta. The plan includes $1.8 billion in targeted road and highway improvements scheduled to begin construction in the next 5 years, as well as recommendations [...]
We recently shared a map that shows location affordability (based on housing and transportation costs) for a Type 1 Family (a family of four, including two working commuters, with a median annual household income of $57,740). This new map shows both the Type 1 Family data and affordability for a Type 7 Family: a moderate income [...]
Where were the worst traffic jams during July? This map shows the top 10 bottlenecks along metro Atlanta highways for the month of July. A bottleneck is a segment of roadway where the traffic speed has dropped below 60% of the historical referenced speed for at least 5 minutes. INRIX ranks bottlenecks based on their [...]
This map was developed by the Atlanta Regional Commission using data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Location Affordability Index to show the affordability of housing and transportation costs, as a percentage of income. This map uses census tracts in metro Atlanta to show spatial trends in affordability. This map evaluates transportation and [...]
Today marks the last day of AmericasMart, one of downtown Atlanta's big events. How has the influx of visitors affected traffic downtown? While we can't correlate traffic conditions directly with AmericasMart opening times, we can look at general traffic conditions nearby to get an idea of roadway congestion. The charts below use INRIX data to take [...]
The number of teens drivers has hit a record low, according to data from the Federal Highway Administration. In 2014, there were about 8.5 million teenage drivers in the U.S. How does this trend look for Georgia drivers? Source: U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics Series
Where were the worst traffic jams in June? Some of these may look familiar- this month's report shows seven recurring bottlenecks that have been in the top 10 for April and/or May. The #1 bottleneck was I-75 N @ Chastain Rd/exit 271, for the third month in a row. The average maximum length of this [...]
Last week we looked at Emory as a regional employment center. This week, we analyze the travel patterns for workers in the Cumberland area using the U.S. Census Bureau's OnTheMap Application (with 2014 data).
