GUANHUA MU FEB 13 TH,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.

Location Downtown, Florence-Graham, Lynwood, West Athens Skills  Insert Map  Working Area

Transit Lines:  Rapid 757  Green 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 Symbols  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 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

Insert Map Attribute sub-sets selections Aggregating attribute fields Buffer Geocoding Graduated Symbols  Skills Utilized

Analyzing transit style of families around public transit stops. Other factors: income, land use, etc.  Next Steps

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