How Does Access to Public Transit Affect Quality of Life
Advisor(s)
Patrick Kearney; Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Discipline
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Start Date
21-4-2021 10:05 AM
End Date
21-4-2021 10:20 AM
Abstract
The goals of my project have been to find the value of public transportation as it relates to quality of life. Public transit is an expensive piece of many cities, and the people who pay for it are the taxpayers, using income. I am hoping to see my data as clear visual representations of this relation. My data and the perspective from which I am analyzing it can be seen many different ways, as the amount of data the APTA reports yearly is more than abundant. Thus far, the Metrics that are best suited for my research are the availability of public transit in relation to the population using it comparatively to the Metropolitan data on income. Currently, I am getting percentage of people using the public transit compared to the population, this singular number makes it easier to compare to the singular number that is population. The end goal is to synthesize my understandings I’ve gotten through research into a format that is easily communicable.
How Does Access to Public Transit Affect Quality of Life
The goals of my project have been to find the value of public transportation as it relates to quality of life. Public transit is an expensive piece of many cities, and the people who pay for it are the taxpayers, using income. I am hoping to see my data as clear visual representations of this relation. My data and the perspective from which I am analyzing it can be seen many different ways, as the amount of data the APTA reports yearly is more than abundant. Thus far, the Metrics that are best suited for my research are the availability of public transit in relation to the population using it comparatively to the Metropolitan data on income. Currently, I am getting percentage of people using the public transit compared to the population, this singular number makes it easier to compare to the singular number that is population. The end goal is to synthesize my understandings I’ve gotten through research into a format that is easily communicable.