BUILDING A BICYCLE RENTAL SYSTEM IN SAN FRANCISCO Xingzhou Li Introduction to GIS

Background  California AB 32: reducing GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 (a reduction of approximately 30 percent)  San Francisco Climate Action Plan: Increase bicycling as an alternative to driving (estimated CO2 reduction: 10,000 tons)  Specific Actions Proposed by San Francisco Continue to improve and expand bicycle parking facilities; Improve bicycle access to transit.

Why Bicycles?

Why Bicycles Rentals?

Building a Bicycle Rental System in San Francisco

 Finding the best locations for bicycle rental stations  Criteria: 1. Median Household Income 2. Population Density 3. Percentage of Young Population (14-34 years) 4. Distance to the Nearest Bus Stop

Building a Bicycle Rental System in San Francisco

Locating Bicycle Rental Stations

Analyzing the Proposed Bicycle Rental Stations

Expanding the System until 2020

Limitations  Criteria and Weights  Time-based Analysis: Assuming the Criteria to be Constant

Skills Utilized  Modeling  Measurement/Analysis  Original Data  Extracting Information from a Buffer  Spatial Analysis  Network Analysis  Time-based Analysis  Insert Map  Creating an Index  Geocoding  Geoprocessing  Attribute Sub-sets Selections

Models

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