GUANHUA MU FEB 13 T H ,2012

Can Public Transit Affect Private Vehicle Use?

Background

The phenomenon of “car society” indeed exist in America.

People can benefit a lot from the widespread use of public transportation.

Can private vehicle use affected by public transit?

Try to find some relationships between public transit stops and around families.

LocationDowntown, Florence-Graham,Lynwood,West Athens

Skills Insert Map

Working Area

Transit Lines:

Rapid 757Green line

Skills Attribute sub-

sets selections

Transit Lines

Transit Stops 33 Bus Stops 14 Rail Stops

Buffer Area 0.5 Miles

walking distance around public transit stops

Skills Aggregating

attribute fields Buffer Geocoding

Buffer Area

The families near bus stops(16464) are much higher than that near rail stops(2037) per station.

Total quantities of families along bus line(559770) are more than that along rail line(134207) within 0.5 miles.

Skills Aggregating

attribute fields Graduated

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Analysis of Families Near Transit Stops

Non-vehicle families near bus stops(72344) are much more than that near rail stops(4625) within 0.5 miles.

Structure of Families Near Transit Stops

72344

193102

176344

72998

28959 1602

3 Nonvehicle 1vehicle2vehicles 3vehicles4vehicles 5 and more

vehicles

Families Near Bus Stops

462529490

4993228517

12986

8657 Nonvehicle 1vehicle2vehicles 3vehicles4vehicles 5 and more

vehicles

Families Near Rail Stops

The non-vehicle families near bus stops(2192) are much larger than that near rail stops(330) per station.

We can see quantities of families along bus line are more concentrative than that in rail line.

Skills Aggregating

attribute fields Graduated Symbols

Analysis of Non-Vehicle Families Near Transit Stops

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selectionsAggregating attribute fieldsBufferGeocodingGraduated Symbols

Skills Utilized

Analyzing transit style of families around public transit stops.

Other factors: income, land use, etc.

Next Steps

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