Posts tagged Data Analysis
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DC’s daytime population is over a million
According to a US Census report, the District of Columbia’s daytime population, including commuters, swells to over 1,000,000. The difference between DC’s day and night populations is second greatest in the US. The report dates from 2010 so the numbers are surely a bit different today. With DC’s (then) nighttime residential population of 584,400, its… Keep reading…
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Heat maps show where people bike… or at least, where affluent people exercise by bike
A global cycling heat map from the fitness app Strava shows where people are exercising by bike. It’s a useful tool to chart the most popular bike trails, but the data skew heavily towards wealthier recreational cyclists and away from transportation and less affluent areas. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Spring has sprung
This week, celebrate spring by helping clean up the Anacostia River and learning about trees in urban environments. You can also talk about bicycling in Montgomery County, bus technology, and safer streets in DC. Clean up the Anacostia: On Saturday, April 5, the Anacostia Watershed Society is organizing clean-up events in DC, Montgomery, and Prince George’s. Organizers… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Planning places
Happy Birthday, Reston!; Greens fore housing; Landscaping’s good, bad, and ugly; How tomorrow doesn’t move; Feats of strength up next; If biking were a pill…; “Is the dog included?”; Robocop II: Dogwalkercop; Towers rise in London; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Muriels and murals
Bowser won’t name legislative achievements; Old-timers resent mural, process; Stroll through abandominiums; Stand up and be counted; Trail will connect 9/11 sites; Crescent Trail getting plowed?; Georgetown booze opportunity; Senator pushes autonomy; Going where DC cannot; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Suits and straws
Rest easy, Councilman; Bowser wins straw poll; Rideshare regulators; Ride on; Density is good for your health; Buying density with affordable housing dollars; Where we run; Stop the bridge; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Time for improvement
Federal aid after Sandy; Kidnapping, robbery on Metro; Is the USA that dangerous for bicycling?; A greener L’Enfant Plaza; Controlling the area around Quantico; White Flint plans move forward; Terrorism slogan not catching on; And. Keep reading…
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Rural Virginia leads eastern US in cars per household
This map shows US counties, colored according to the average number of cars owned per household. Keep reading…
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Riders abandoning Metro on weekends
According to WMATA’s latest performance review, overall Metrorail ridership is dropping, and weekend ridership is plummeting. Overall there were 4.2% fewer Metrorail riders in FY13 compared to FY12, and weekend ridership in June 2013 was fully 12% lower than weekends in June 2012. Although Metro’s report claims the drop is due to Hurricane Sandy and the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Eyes on bikes and pedestrians
MBT cameras not helpful; MD bike and ped update; Future of Georgetown; IZ update; Goodbye Examiner; More Metro data; More neighbors against mixed-use Safeway; Nerds on the train; Metro morsels. Keep reading…