Mapping Nyc Transit Sheds

Richard Dunks has created a serial of transit maps visualizing how New Yorkers commute to work. The 3 maps exhibit how workers inwards each New York City census tract locomote to operate past times subway, autobus together with / or car.

The Subway Ridership map reveals the publish of workers, aged xvi together with over, who commute to operate past times underground inwards each census tract. As you lot would await census tracts close underground stations inwards full general exhibit the highest per centum of workers travelling to operate past times subway. However the map besides reveals that workers in Pelham Bay Park and East New York besides accept a high per centum of underground commuters, despite having no underground station nearby.

The Bus Transit Shed map shows the publish of commuters who locomote to operate past times bus. Again, every bit you lot powerfulness expect, the map reveals that commuters who don't alive close a underground station appear to a greater extent than probable to commute to operate past times bus. However the per centum of workers inwards census tracts non close underground stations together with travelling to operate past times autobus doesn't appear to last uniform, then presumably at that topographic point is a story to last told inwards those tracts alongside the highest levels of autobus commuting usage.

The NYC Vehicle Commuters map visualizes the publish of commuters inwards each census tract who locomote to operate past times car. The map is almost a mirror ikon of the Subway Ridership map, suggesting that the underground is real successful inwards persuading people to go out their cars at home.

You tin read to a greater extent than virtually the production of the maps, the information used together with to a greater extent than analysis on the commuting trends revealed inwards the maps on this Datapolitan article.