Sacramento Transit - Part 1 - Exploration
Written by sideprojects in Posts on Sun 07 April 2019. Tags: data analysis, GIS, python, cities, geopandas,
Background¶
As cities become increasingly concerned about traffic, infrstructure maintainence, and the environment; increased use of public transit could be way to address several of these challenges at once. I've become interested in understanding how cities can address these challenges, and began reading about urban planning a few years ago. Through reading what some long-time urban planners have to say, I'm beginning to see that if increasing public transit can help alleviate traffic, maintenance and environmental issues, increasing ridership is a multi-dimensional challenge in its own right. The way many places are organized, daily and individual car use is practically required due to the way that most activites and ammenities are spread over miles and metro areas and frequently aren't connected by transit networks.