To measure linguistic isolation, the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey asks respondents how well they speak English. This map shows the top 20% of "neighborhoods" (census tracts are used to represent neighborhoods) that have the highest percentage of residents who speak English less than "very well," using the mapping tools available through Neighborhood [...]
April 22, 2017 marks the 47th anniversary of Earth Day, which began in 1970 as a national event to educate the public about the environment. In the spirit of Earth Day, this week's Friday Factday explores a selection of environmental statistics for metro Atlanta.
Learn4Life: l4lmetroatlanta.org State of Education in Metro Atlanta | Baseline Report 2017 What is Learn4Life? Learn4Life (L4L) is the Metro Atlanta Regional Education Partnership, a collaborative effort that brings together school systems, local communities, business and nonprofits to drive resources and energy to proven solutions. These solutions are based on common [...]
As part of April's Regional Snapshot, the interactive storymap "Connecting With Parks - A Regional Perspective" combines maps, images, and text to tell stories about metro Atlanta's greenspace through five categories: “A River Runs Through Us” tells the story of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area “Preserving Our Ties to Nature” features information regarding [...]
Exploring the Story of Metro Atlanta’s Greenspaces The April 2017 Regional Snapshot introduces a new interactive tool - the Connecting with Parks storymap - developed by ARC in response to a request from Park Pride seeking metrics to share at their 16th Annual Parks & Greenspace Conference. Highlights: ARC has been active in greenspace [...]
Commuters driving through Atlanta may be experiencing slower speeds and more congestion following the I-85 bridge collapse; here, we analyze travel conditions on specific roadways for Monday, April 10. With school back in session after last week's spring break, we are evaluating changing travel patterns by using INRIX real-time traffic software to compare travel [...]
Contributing to the affordability problem in Metro Atlanta is the fact that a significant number of subsidized rental homes are coming to the end of their initial subsidy period. To aid in prioritizing affordable housing preservation, Neighborhood Nexus and Enterprise Community Partners have developed the Metro Atlanta Affordable Housing Tool, which highlights subsidized properties [...]
For today's Friday Factday, we take a look at spatial patterns in high school graduation across metro Atlanta. For more information, visit Neighborhood Nexus at https://neighborhoodnexus.org.
Following the fire and bridge collapse on I-85, commuters are changing their travel patterns. Many metro Atlanta residents may choose to take transit or stay home today, alleviating congestion on roadways, but for those still driving, here is a look at traffic on the major roadways on Friday, March 31. Check back for updates. [...]
The most recent county-level data from the Census Bureau (2016 Population Estimates, released last week) allow us to analyze ttrends in county, metro, and state population numbers. A new article from Governing shows that urban counties in the Northern U.S. and Midwest have slowed in their rates of population growth, and in some cases [...]
