Measuring accessibility to public transportation services by low-income residents: the case of Washington DC
URSP688Y-Final Project
Spring 2024
Urban Studies and Planning
School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
University of Maryland, College Park
Instructor
Chester Harvey
National Center for Smart Growth
cwharvey@umd.edu
Authors
Homayoon Aghili
saghili@umd.edu
John Abu
jjabu@umd.edu
We made this repository to publish our Research Narrative, Analysis, Visual Outputs, and Interactive Web Application.
Our Research Narrative, a crucial component of our work, provides a detailed introduction, analysis, and conclusion, offering a comprehensive overview of our research process and findings. This narrative is accessible via this link.
Our intricate analysis process involved coding in Python to process multiple Geospatial datasets. We then calculated and found our target variables, exporting the processed datasets as Shapefiles and Data Tables for visualization in third-party programs. You can explore these detailed analyses via the button below.
Some of our Visual outputs can be found in our Research Narrative. However, we created 40+ maps and charts to answer our research questions, which you can view here.
The final part of our project was to create an interactive platform to publish our findings. To achieve this goal, we used ArcGIS Online's Dashboard and Experience Builder. You can view this application via this link or scan the QR Code below.
Even though we found the answers to our research questions, many others were raised during this time. Hence, we decided to keep this research going and publicize this repository and our data to attract other interested researchers. One of these questions was: Despite the factual data showing that current affordable housing projects are planned or built in Washington, DC, what percentage of them are actually completed?
You can view the ongoing process of finding the answer to this question via the button below.