It is time to check in on the state of Atlanta’s economy!
Want to know how Atlanta's economy held up during 2015's final quarter? Scroll through "The Quarter" to see the highlights and interactive charts below! Or you can visit "The Quarter" on the ARC's website here.
Transportation Tuesday: Hartsfield-Jackson Airport Usage
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been the world’s busiest passenger airport since 2000 and still is today. Most passengers are domestic, by a large margin. However, a greater percentage of freight is international. This interactive dashboard from the Atlanta Regional Transportation Factbook provides information on aircraft operations, passengers, and freight and mail activity for 2011-2015. [...]
Monday Mapday: Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
The countdown to Tax Day is on! In honor of the countdown, this map shows the change in the percentage of tax returns claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) from 2011-2013 by zip codes in metro Atlanta. The EITC is one of the most effective tools for lifting low-income working families out of poverty [...]
Atlanta Region 2040: Gazing Into The Crystal Ball
It is Snapshot time, and this month we are covering the forecasts recently completed as part of The Atlanta Region's Plan, which is a long-range comprehensive plan that includes a vision for how the region might accommodate a population of just over eight million people by 2040. Therefore, this Regional Snapshot will unpack those forecasts [...]
Transportation Tuesday: Transit Ridership
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 [...]
Monday Mapday: Change in Employment Density 2015-2040 (ARC Series 15 Forecast)
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 [...]
Transportation Tuesday: Park-and-Ride Lots
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 [...]