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BERKSHIRE FLYER MARKET RESEARCH REPORT RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED TO THE BERKSHIRE FL YER WORKING GROUP DECEI\l.1BER 18, 2017 BY The Students of MA TH-444 Operations Research \Villiam Fines-Kested; Jacob Foley, W. Hasty, Evan Kalinowsky, Taurus Londono, Brogan Mulhern, Megan Richardson, Shijie Wang Massachusetts College qf Liberal Arts 375 Church Street, North Adams, MA 01247 m claflyer@gma il . com BerkshireFLYER

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BERKSHIRE FLYER MARKET RESEARCH REPORT

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED TO THE BERKSHIRE FL YER WORKING GROUP DECEI\l.1BER 18, 2017

BY

The Students of MA TH-444 Operations Research

\Villiam Fines-Kested; Jacob Foley, W. Hasty, Evan Kalinowsky, Taurus Londono, Brogan Mulhern, Megan Richardson, Shijie Wang

Massachusetts College qf Liberal Arts 375 Church Street, North Adams, MA 01247

mclaflyer@gmail . com

BerkshireFLYER

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Contents

I. Background ... ..... .. .. ... .. ...... .. .. . .. ... .... .. ... . ... .. ... ................ .. . ..... ... .... .... ..... 4

A. The Berkshire Flyer Working Group (BFWG) .................. . . .......... .. . . ........... .4

B. The Berkshire Flyer Operations Research Group (BFOR) ........ . . .. . . ..... . . ... ..... .4

II. The P1·oposed Service: Routes and Trackage .. .. ... ... .. .. ... .... . .. ... .. .. .... .. .... . ...... .5

III. Market Research . ... . .. ...... .. ... ....... ........... ............. ....... ... .... ...... .. .. .... ..... 9

A. I11formationfrom Attractions and Lodgings in Berkshire County . .............. ....... 10

B. Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey ................................ ..... .. ... . . .. .. . . ....... .. 11

C. Statistical Analysis of Survey Data ... .. .. ....... .. ............... . .. .. . . .... .... ... .. .. ...... 15

D. Berkshire County homeowners who live in Ne'.11 York City .. .......... .. ..... ... . .... .. . 15

E. Service Economy . .. .. ... ... .... .. .. .. ... ... ..... ... ... .. .. .. ... . . .. .. . . .. ...... ... .. ... . ... .. . 18

IV. Future Research ..... ... ... ... .... ... .. . ... .. ..... ...... .. .. .. . .. ... .. ..... ............ ... . ....... 19

References................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ....... .. ... . ..... . .. .. .... ... . ....... 21

Appendix A: Attractions and Lodgings in Berksk re County . .. ........ .... ...... ..... ....... 23

Appendix B: MCLA Flyer E-mail Sent to Attrac ions & Locations . ...... .. ... .. .. ... ..... 29

Appendix C: E-mail conespondence with Attra' tions & Locations . . ..... ...... ... ....... .30

Appendix D: Berkshire Flyer Ridership Surve~ ....... ... ... . .. ............. ...... ... .. ... .... .34

Appendix E: Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey aesults ...... .................. ... . ... ........ 39

Appendix F: Statistical Analysis of Data ..................... .. ..................... ............ 50

Appendix G: Maps of Tax Bill Addresses for Individual Municipalities . ...... ........... 51

Appendix H: Python Code for Generating Maps and Reports .. .......... ...... .. .. ... ..... 64

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List of Figures

Fig. l Empire Corridor South . ... . .... . ................................................................... 6 Fig. 2 Track ownership of proposed routes for the Berkshire Flyer service .................... 7 Fig. 3 CSX-owned subdivisions south of Castleton-on-Hudson ................................... 8 Fig. 4 Proposed site of new connection track for Route 2 ........................................... 9 Fig. 5 Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey: Response to section 1 question 1 ................... 12 Fig. 6 Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey: Response to section 1 question 2 ................... 12 Fig. 7 Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey: Response to section 3 question l ................... 13 Fig. 8 Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey: Response to section 3 question 5 ................... 14 Fig. 9 Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey: Response to section 4 question 4 ................... 15 Fig. 10 NYC metro mailing addresses for Berkshire County homeowners from select . cities/towns .................................................................................................... 16 Fig. 11 ZIP codes overlaid on Voronoi diagram for stations along proposed route .......... 17 Fig. 12 BRTA bus routes in Berkshire County as of July, 2017 ... ......... ... .. ... . ............ . I 9

List of Tables

Table I: Summer attendance at representative sample of Berkshire county attractions/lodgings ................................................................................. ... .... . I 0

Table II: Berkshire County cities/towns with highest number of property-owners in New York City ........................................... ~ ......................................................... 17

Table III: Numbers of tax bills mailed within 30 and 50 mile radii of six stations along p1·oposed route .............................................................................................. 18

Table IV: Facebook users "who have expressed an interest in 01· like pages related to" .... 20

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I. Background

A. The Berksl1ire Flyer Working Group (BFWG)

The Berkshire Flyer Working Group was established to study seasonal passenger rail service between New York City and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. This ongoing effort was inspired by the successful CapeFlyer, a weekend service between Boston and Cape Cod that operates from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Operated jointly by the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority ( CCRT A), the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), and Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), the CapeFlyer cruried 13,663 passengers across t 5 weeks of service in 2016, earning approximately $230,000 in revenue that year [I]. Like the CapeFlyer, the proposed Berkshire Flyer service would be seasonal, running on weekends during the summer.

Legislation leading to the formation of the Berkshire Flyer Working Group (BFWG) was sponsored by Massachusetts state Senator Adam Hinds, D-Pittsfield, as part of the fiscal year 2018 (FY18) budget [2]. Regarding the proposed service) Hinds said in a statement that "transportation improvements are critical for the economic development of the region and the Common\\ealth. NYC/Berkshire Rail would be an economic boon for OW" communities, cultlll"al attractions, stores, restaurants and lodging."

In addition to Senator Hinds, the Working Group includes Astrid Glynn, Rail and Transit Administrator at MassDOT, Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier, D-Pittsfield, Billy Keane of the Berkshire County Board of Realtors, Michael Kapnik, director Western Massachusetts Office of the Governor, Matthew Russett, community outreach coordinator for U.S. Rep. Richard Neal D-Springfield, Clete Kus, transportation program manager, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, Elliot Sperling, transportation planner at MassDOT, Nathaniel Kams, executive director, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, Francisca Heming, district 1 highway director at MassDOT, Lenox, Jonathan Butler, president and CEO, I Berkshire, Eddie Sporn, Robin Road Consulting, Jay Green, Berkshire Scenic Railway, Robe1t Malnati, administrator, Berkshire Regional Transit Authority, Deanna Ruffer, director of community development, City of Pittsfield, and Alfred "A.J.11 Enchill, district aide to Senator Hinds.

Intended to attract tourism to Berkshire County from New York City, the Berkshire Flyer service may also help to address concerns about population decline in the Berkshires. According to Hinds, "When you look at our population in the Berkshires there's that 20 to 30 year-old gap and folks who might want to start a family here and take advantage of the cost of living and quality of living but wanting to maintain a connection to other economic center, in this case namely New York City."

B. Tlte Berkshire Flyer Operations Researcll Group (BFOR)

The Berkshire Flyer Operations Research (BFOR) group is comprised of the eight undergraduate students enrolled in Dr. Erin Kiley's MA TH-444 (Operations Research) course at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. The BFOR group was created to fulfill the

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requirements of a course project designed to assist the BFWG in carrying out an initial pilot study on the proposed Berkshire Flyer service.

The BFOR Group sought to provide quantitative support to the BFWG's objective, which, according to MassDOT representative Astrid Glynn, is "to find facts about potential ridership on a line that would use existing passenger rail track up New York state, then would cross into Massachusetts at \Vest Stockbridge." [3] Details regarding the proposed serv-ice are discussed in greater depth in Section II.

The BFOR group conducted its research in three phases: ( 1) E-mailed lodging and attractions lists provided by the Berkshire Flyer Working Group; in

addition, reviewed bus ridership (Berkshire Regional Transport Authority). (2) Created a survey to be disseminated by participating businesses (lodgings and

attractions). The survey is intended to reach potential riders, and requested that the survey be posted on the social media accounts of various establishments in the Berkshires.

(3) Analyzed the survey results, synthesized findings in a report submitted to the Berkshire Flyer 'Working Group.

The BFOR group has a personal investment in the establishment of the proposed service; at least one of its members lived and worked in New York City while regularly commuting to the Berkshires, as have many of their family and friends. They can personally attest to the appeal of more conYenient rail service between New York City and Berkshire county for travelers coming from either location. Ind~ they're hopeful that future sen ice will consider younger individuals who may want to settle in the Berkshires while maintaining economic ties with New York City.

II. The Proposed Service: Routes and Trackage

Two potential routes have been identified for the proposed Berkshire Flyer service. ''Route l" would go from Pittsfield to Albany-Rensselaer to New York City utilizing only existing track and Amtrak service. "Route 2" would go from Pittsfield to Castleton-on-Hudson (part of Schodack, NY) to New York City, bypassing Albany-Rensselaer and requirjng 3,000 teet of new connection track as well as the use of 11 miles of CSX-owned track for which there is no existing Amtrak-CSX agreement. A third option involves increasing the frequency of service between Albany-Rensselaer and Pittsfield to align with existing service between New York Penn Station and Albany-Rensselaer.

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Both proposed routes for new service would utilize at least part of the Empire Conidor South (Fig. 1), a 142-mile line which runs from New York Penn Station through the Hudson Valley to approximately one mile north of Albany-Rensselaer station. This includes Amtrak's Empire Connection, a 10.8-rnile portion of the West Side Line from Penn Station to the Spuyten­Duyvil bridge (connecting Manhattan to the Bronx neighborhood of Spuyten-Duyvil); here, track joins the Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line ( o\\ned and operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority) which runs from Spuyten-Duyvil to Poughkeepsie, NY.

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The southern portion of the Hudson Line is a section from Spuyten-Duyvil to Croton­Harmon (21.4 miles), while the double-tracked northern portion runs from Croton-Harmon to Poughkeepsie (40.3 miles). Maximum speeds along the northern portion of the Metro-North Hudson Line range from 60-90 mph ( 60-70 mph due to curvature just north of Croton-Harmon, and up to 90 mph beyond the Hudson Highlands).

The Hudson Subdivision, a 38.6-mile line owned by CSX Transportation and leased by Amtrak, runs from Poughkeepsie to Albany-Rensselaer. The relatively straight section allows for speeds of up to 110 mph, the highest maximum speeds on the Empire Corridor South.

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Route 2 would involve the use of CSX's Schodack Subdivision (Fig. 3), a line which branches off of the Hudson Division at Suyvesant. 3,000 feet of new c.onnection track would join this with CSX's Berkshire Subdivision just south of Castleton-on-Hudson, where New York State's Route 9J and NY 912M (the New York State Thruway's Berkshire Connector) meet. As mentioned above, a total of 11 miles of track would be utilized for which there is cuITently no Amtrak-CSX agreement.

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Fig. 4 Proposed site of new connection track for Route 2 [7]

III. Market Research

Our class group (BFOR) solicited information from attractions and lodgings in Berkshire County, lists of which were provided by the BFWG. We obtained e-mail addresses and telephone numbers for these attractions and lodgings, and sent an e-mail to each requesting data on the proportion of their visitors/customers/guests who were from the New York City metropolitan area (see Appendices A~B).

We created a Google account, "MCLA Flyer,'' from which attractions/locations were e­mailed. A Google surYey was de\ eloped that we hoped would be disseminated to any member lists that be might be kept by these attractions/lodgings, and/or shared on social media accounts. Each e-mail included a request for relevant information and a link to the survey (see Appendices B-D).

A total of 70 attractions, 6 chambers of commerce, and 173 lodgings were contacted. Of these, 20 attractions, 2 chambers of commerce, and 10 lodgings responded. 1 Berkshire, Berkshire Theatre Group, Mass MoCA, and the town of North Adams agreed to post a link to our survey on their respective social media accounts (e.g. Facebook)> yielding approximately 450 responses.

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A. Information from Attractions and Lodgings in Berkshire County

Data vvas obtained regarding seasonal attendance from five representati\'e attractions/lodgings in Berkshire County. These businesses responded to ow· e-mail by proYiding numbers of guests/customers/visitors during the swnmer season, as well as the percentage of these \•isitors from the New York City metropolitan area (see Table I). E-mail correspondences with these businesses are available in Appendix C.

TABLE I Seasonal attendance at representative sample of Berkshire county attractions/lodgings

Attraction/Lodging

Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum

Gateways Inn & RestaW'ant

\V.E.B. Du Bois National Historic Site

Canterbury Fann B&B

Berkshire Theatre Group

Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio

a May 2016-December 2017 b Approximate values. c June 15-September 15, 2017. d July-September 2017. eJune-August 2017.

Seasonal attendance Percentage of visitors from NYC Metro Area

10,12111 5.7%

1,500b.d 40%

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280 75%

7,500b,d 16%

2,500b 50%

Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum is a non-profit organization with a mission "to preserve the history of railroading, particularly in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts.·· [8] Featuring a number of vintage locomotives and passenger cars, BSRM offers educational exhibits, restorations, and service on traditional and historic train rides.

The Gateways Inn & Restaurant is a bed and breakfast located at the Procter mansion at 51 Walker Street in downtown Lenox. It has been featured in Gladys Magazine, called "'the must-stay place" in Lenox by Luxury Report Magazine, named one of the "Best Places to Stay in Massachusetts" by The Hotel Guru, and is the winner of a 2014 "Best of New England - Editor's Choice" award by Yankee Magazine [9]. From June 15th to September 15th, the Gateways Inn had approximately 1,500 guests, of which an estimated 40% (600) were from New York City; this becomes 75% (1 ,125) ifNew Jersey and Connecticut are included.

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The W.E.B. Du Bois National Historic Site, at 612 South Egremont Road in Great Barrington, hosts the boyhood homesite of the African-American intellectual and civil-rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is currently operated an all-volunteer committee. The five-acre site includes guided tours along an interpretive trail [10]. During tour season, from July to September, the site receives approximately 60 visitors per month; 10% of visitors stated that they were from New York City.

Canterbury Farm is a nordic center and bed & breakfast located at 1986 Fred Snow Road in Becket. Open to the public throughout the year, Canterbury Farm offers seasonal outdoor activities (from skiing and snowshoeing to hiking, swimming, and kayaking) as well as lodging and musical events. The historic site, built in 1780 beside a 50-acre lake [11], hosted 280 guests during the summer of2017; 75% (210) were from New York City. Guests stayed at the farm two days on average.

Berkshire Theatre Group is a non-profit organization that came about when when Berkshire Theatre Festival merged with The Colonial Theatre, two of Berkshire County's oldest performing arts venues. Both institutions have long and storied histories, each the site of hundreds of stage productions [12]. Berkshire Theatre Group now operates the Fitzpatrick Main Stage (83 East Main Street in Stockbridge), the Unicom Theatre (6 East Street, Stockbridge)) and The Colonial Theatre (111 South Street, Pittsfield). From June to August of 2017, the Berkshire Theatre Group saw approximately 7,500 ticket orders; of these, 1,200 (16%) were made by people from the New York City metro area.

Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio is the home of American abstract artists George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen. The 46-acre estate at 92 Havvthome Street in Lenox allows visitors to vie~ the couple's artwork and lh.-ing quarters firsthand [13]. Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio is open from late June to early October, and receives approximately 2,500 visitors every season; roughly 50% are from the New York metro area.

B. Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey

The Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey was created using Google forms (see Appendix D for the full survey). As mentioned in Section II, our class (BFOR) emailed the survey link (https://goo.gl/forms/isHQRkn3NMJorDL43) to 70 attractions, 6 chambers of commerce, and 173 lodgings (all but the chambers of commerce were obtained from a list provided by the working group; see Appendix A). We asked the establishments if they would be willing to share the surve) with their customers/members/visitors via any existing mailing lists or social media accounts. Social media solicitation attracted the majority of the responses.

It's important to acknowledge that our results do not represent a random sample of potential passengers; respondents were mostly those who follow Berkshire County-based businesses on social media (and therefore do not represent the target demographic, i.e. New Yorkers), and respondents were necessarily restricted to those inclined to participate in online surveys regarding Berkshire County rail tra\·el. Nevertheless, as of December 17, 2017, there have been over 450 responses. Full response data was automatically compiled into a spreadsheet where it is ordered by submission date (see Appendix E).

The survey is composed oftv.-elve questions divided into four sections; four demographic questions were optional. Section 1 asked respondents, "Are you in fa\-or of expanding rail service between the Berkshires and NYC?" and "Would you use this service if it existed?" If respondents answered the latter by selecting either "I would not use this service but I know

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people that would" or "I would not use this service and I do not know anyone that would," the survey's branching behavior brought them to the last section (section 4), which asks how much they currently pay for transportation to the Berkshires as well as (optionally) the respondent's race and income (see Appendix D).

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Fig. 5 Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey: Response to section 1 question 1 as of Dec. 17, 2017

Respondents were then asked if they would use the service or if they knew friends/family that would. The majority of respondents indicated that they would either personally use the service or knew someone who would.

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Fig. 6 Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey: Response to section 1 question 2 as of Dec. 17, 2017 (If respondents indicated that they would not use this service, sections 2 and 3 were skipped)

The survey asked participants about the frequency and duration of their visits in the Berkshires. The majority of respondents indicated that they would use the service on a monthly basis; however, another third of the respondents indicated that.they would use the service yearly.

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Fig. 7 Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey: Response to section 3 question I as of Dec. 17, 2017

The typical time spent visiting the Berkshires ranged from a few days to more than one week. lt is worth mentioning that a large group of respondents (approximately 40%) already lived in the Berkshires. The following were the three most popular responses:

• A few days (31.3%) • More than a week (18.4%) • A week (6.9%)

Participants were asked the reason they would be visiting the Berkshires, and provided some of the the following responses:

• Cultural attractions (30.5%) • Visiting friends and family (25.3%) • Hiking/camping/fishing (3.3%) • Skiing/snowboarding (1.2%)

Most other respondents indicated that they already lived in the Berkshires.

The participants were also asked what their final destination would be when coming to the Berkshires. While responses varied widely, the top destinations mentioned were the following cities/towns:

• Pittsfield (22.4%) • North Adams (15.5%) • Lenox ( 13.8<yo) • Williamstown (9.5%) • Great Barrington (9.1 %) • Lee (2.9%)

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Our class (BFOR) was also interested in obtaining infonnation on the maximum amount respondents would be willing to pay over current rates in order to bjpass Albany-Rensselaer (Route 2). When asked how much more the respondent would be willing to pay to cut twenty minutes off the current travel time to NYC, responses ranged from $0-$200, with som_e respondents noting that they were unsme or gave answers such as .. Whatever it took." The upper range of responses were large enough to suggest that respondents may were entering the total prices they were willing to spend; our group had intended the question to refer only to additional money spent in order to save twenty minutes of travel time. A lack of clarity in the phrasing of the question may have led to the responses.

In an effort to minimize inappropriate skewing of data, we decided that $60 would be the upper maximum for a reasonable response. Responses that did not fall between the range of $0~ $60 were treated as if the response was left blank. With this in mind, the average amount of money a respondent would be willing to pay on top of the cost of travel in order to save twenty minutes per trip is $23.32 (see Appendix E).

\'Vhat wourd be your seating preference aboard the train?

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Fig. 8 Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey: Response to section 3 question 5 as of Dec. 17, 2017

Finally, BFOR asked respondents about their total household income. We obtained the follo~ing responses:

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Fig. 9 Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey: Response to section 4 question 4 as of Dec. 17, 2017

C. Stlltistical Am1/ysis of Survey Data

By analyzing the data collected from survey, we identified unreliable responses by removing any that had the following: words where numerical values were needed, incomplete or only half-answered responses, and any duplicate responses. At the time of the statistical analysis, there were approximately 200 survey responses, of which only about 120 were useful.

Our analysis showed that only household total income has a statistically significant impact on whether a respondent would ride alone or with family (household income was found to account for more than 62.4% of original data).

As the total household income increases, fewer people would choose to travel by themselves when using the Berkshire Flyer ser\'ice. For those whose household income is between $70,000 to $100,000, 54% would choose to go on their ovrn while 48% among those who made $100,000 to $150,000 would do so, and 43% of those who made $150,000 to $200,000, and 38% of those made greater than $200,000. For more details of the statistical analysis. see Appendix F.

D. Berkshire County ltomeowners who live i11 New York City

In order to better gauge potential ridership for the Berkshire Flyer service, BFOR sought to determine the number of Berkshire County homeovmers whose prope1ty tax bills were sent to addresses in the New York metropolitan area. This population consists of individuals who own properties in the Berkshires while living in New York City; this includes those who own second homes, seasonal residences, rental properties, etc. Those who own second homes in the Berkshires presumably maintain reliable patterns of travel from Ne'A York City, and may represent an untapped market for futw-e rail service.

Information was obtained from the Massachusetts Bureau of Geographic Information (MassGIS) ArcGIS Online Web mapping platform [14). Standardized parcels data were downloaded for every t0\\11 in Berkshire County north of Great Bat.Tington (see Appendix G). Owner addresses with zip codes between 10001 and 11980 were considered to be within the New York metropolitan area. Esri's ArcGIS was used to plot addresses for nine Berkshire towns

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with the greatest numbers of tax bills mailed to New York addresses; Alford, Becket, Hancock, Lee, Lenox, Pittsfield, Stockbridge, Williamsto\\n, and West Stockbridge (Fig. 10 and Table II).

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E. Service Economy

Once New Yorkers reach the Pittsfield Intermodal Station, there will be a demand for transportation serYices to get them to their final destination. These include: public bus service provided by the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA), taxi service (e.g. Rainbow Taxi), as well as Uber, Lyft, Zipcar and Turo. Use of these services represents another economic benefit of bringing New Yorkers to Berkshire County.

BRTA provides fixed route bus service across Berkshire CoWlty, from Williamstown to Great Barrington, Monday tlu-ough Satw-day. A map of all BRT A bus routes (as of July 2017) is provided in Fig. 11; The lack of Sunday bus service as well route limitations may need to be addressed in order to better accommodate passengers disembarking from a potential Berkshire Flyer service in the near future.

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IV. Future Research

Our group (BFOR) realized that businesses would be more willing to share the survey on social media only after it became clear that no business was willing to share our survey via direct, mass e-mail to their customers/members. It's also worth considering that relatively few businesses responded to our e-mails, despite our attempts to follow up with all attractions and lodgings. This may be due in part to the timing of the project (mostly undertaken during the Thanksgiving and winter holiday season).

Although several organizations based in Berkshire County shared our survey on social media, responses were mostly restricted to Berkshire residents·. In order to disseminate our survey to potential ridership in the New York metropolitan area, we explored the option of

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targeted advertising on Facebook. To this end, we created a Facebook account, "MCLA Flyer.'' We determined that advertisements on Facebook can be targeted to users based on their interests (e.g. "Berkshires,'' .. Tanglewood," etc). Our preliminary research re\·ealed relevant numbers of users and their respective interests (see Table III).

It's likely that many New Yorkers who already travel to locations such as upstate New Y mk for recreation would also visit the Berkshires if a convenient public transit option were available. Thus, it's important to identify individuals in this untapped market. Using Facebook's targeted advertising to reach New York City users who have expressed interests in, e.g., "camping," ''train travel," "Amtrak vacations." etc .. remains an unexplored opportunity.

TABLE IV Facebook users "who have expressed an interest in or like pages related to"

Interest Number of Facebook users

'"Lenox, Massachusetts" 883,980

"Tanglewood" 295,310

"Berkshire County, Massachusetts" 186,510

"Jacob's Pillow Dance" 129,410

"Pittsfield, 1-tassachusetts" 113,110

"The Berkshires" 90,610

"Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary 51,520

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"Nonnan Rockwell Museum" 46,980

'"Massachusetts Audubon Society" 46,460

"Clark Art Institute" 17,920

'Tanglewood Music Festival" 15,910

Alternative social media platforms on which targeted survey advertising could take place include Twitter, lnstagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Google+, and Linkedln. These options have yet to be explored. Nevertheless, while Facebook tailors the reach of an advertising campaign to the given budget size, it's clear that such adve1tising will require at least some financial investment in order to reach potential ridership in New York City.

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[2] Mary C. Serreze I Special to The Republican, "Working group begins studying passenger rail between New York City and the Berkshires/' masslive.com, 22-Sep-2017. [Online]. Available: http://W\\-w.masslive.com/politicstmdex.ssf/2017/09/working group to stud) passeng.html.

[3] H. Bellow, "First step for Berkshire Flyer rail prospects: Measuring potential passengers;' The Berkshire Eagle, 27-Sep-2017. [Online]. Available: http://v.."V>.-v.-.berkshireeagle.com/stories/first-step-for-berkshire-flyer-rail-prospects-measuring­potential-passengers,520475. [4] New York State Department of Transportation. (2014). High Speed Rail Empire Corridor Program Tier I Drqfi Environmental Impact Statement (Project I.D. No. S93 7 .51 ). [Online]. Available: https://www.dot.ny.gov/empire-corridor/deis.

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(8] "About the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum Collection," Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum - About Us. (Online]. Available: http://,".r\\w.berkshirescenicrailroad.org/aboutus.php.

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[14] A.rcGIScom News. [Online]. Available: http://massgis.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html.

[ 15] zipcodes pack.age. Downloaded from https://github.com/seanpianka/zipcodes .

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[17] Adapted from: BRTA Routes. [Online]. Available: http://geo-massdot.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/b1ta-routes.

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Appendix B: MCLA Flye1· E-mail Sent to Attractions & Locations

Greetings from the students of MA TH-444 Operations Research at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts!

Our class has teamed up with the Berkshire Flyer working group (which includes members of the Massachusetts state government and MassDOT) to analyze a possible passenger train service from New York City to Berkshire County. The Berkshire Flyer would provide seasonal, weekend service from NYC's Penn Station to Pittsfield. Our class project involves gathering data on potential ridership, and you may be able to he1p!

[Attraction name] has been identified as a potential destination for travelers from New York City who might use the Berkshire Flyer service. We'd definitely be interested in any data on your [ members!Yisitors/guests ], including:

[The proportion of your members coming from the New York City metropolitan area--ZIP codes or area codes would be helpful] The proportion of yow- [visitors/guests] coming from the New York City metropolitan area--ZIP codes or area codes are helpful The number of [visitors/guests] per day/week/month, over the past few summers [The numbers of visits by members per day/week/month, over the past few summers] Dmations of visits [if applicable---e.g., would ask a resort. but not a museum]

To further help with our research on future Berkshire Flyer service, our class has also developed a survey, linked here: https://goo.gL'forms/mTb3LbMg5eAebiii2.

We are hoping that this survey ~ill reach people who might regularly travel from New York City to the Berkshires, and therefore \vonder whether it would it be possible for you to e-mail this survey to yow- members? If needed, we can edit the survey to create a version specific for [attraction name] Please let us know!

We look fon¥ard to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.

Thank you, in advance, for your help!

The students of MA TH-444 Operations Research

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 375 Church Street North Adams, MA 01247

on behalf of

The Berkshire Flyer Working Group http://""·~~ .massdot.state. ma. us/planning/Main/CurrentStudies/BerkshireFI} er Study .aspx

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Appendix C: E-mail correspondence with Attractions & Locations

SSR'l;.~ h~s bee-n a m~mber ot ~h~ working group so v~e are familiar v..iith it.

L~:i me ta1-;e t:his ~ci r.n~r r.-~)aril io t~is.cuss th; bes! ap!)foach. Wf: do b;;r·; s ~ m~Jiling list of visit~rs ca11 .-:~rtain;y g~t an ~tie~ .:')f ho:,.-;• m .. !\r;y come from th?. NYC area · howe-v~~ . it mavbe rnure di'ffkdt t•o q~t >?ta<:.~ nmn::.~rs ,as the !1c};~ t'$ p1.;rc.has&d p.er 1:-ontn<:t :a1e not r~~adiJv &:·ocessib!ii;. in th<1t mann~r but l'il giv·B 1't ::r J-00it..

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~·~r~:!: f.:S ;,;n .i:r;xcl:rpt from !l.l !r rm:iilng ljs~ ~! io11..'ing thE1 NYC tf.i'..¥M and zip c:udes, you wlll ~~n·:I the au.scl1m~nt .::bt..'Ve. Tilf:ii~~ peoul<;) 1·1ave 2iti 1~r vis!Wd or ;t,tFJ men1be-1~. Also,~ \1ave jus! sent out the st!:Vf!y to our &mail list ViR have apr.roxirn~tely 2500 visitors~' se~wn · Ttie percenta9~ of NYC <Jrea resident; is .<t!Jout Si)'~';' . t1 o·:r~1.·er '.h••t ls noquct NYC. l/)9 am oper\ 1 ;fays f.I we.~}; from ;ate Jun~ to Early Odober. (i':\1d lucl.: \!'.itll !he ~r~~tt 1 suggest 'f'~l' fi.r;d the fai:-~IY.>ok Pl 9f.> ·wh~il .is ;.e! up ftwpenple seelcin9 !~S from i.he f:,Jetro-NoriJ.1 !:':i.R St1'!tfOn tit Wals~?.ic t~ GD Of L;)rwx. You may get a lot of info Ulere or po'5i ~>om!t~ing. 6i!;H::· £;;·~ ·e:I ~,.. t.:n~.~ f1~~.~~n(:ht~~r~n

G.~mt~~rbury F~inn B&B has been h:le11t.1foed a~ a pot-antial destinafon for travel~rs tr.:;m \k~w York Sity who might ~we Hie Berk.shire F!yef se1Mce. We'd definitely be intef-est~d in any data on y{Jrn gu,-::5~3 , 1nd Jding.

• The pni pcrtion of youf guests coming from the Nt-'V\' York City metropolitan ,ar~ ;::; -- Zll:i coC-:.:::··h or area cod~s .are helpfLll: During the summer 75% come from New York. During t!~c wH1h:.r 1110-st .come :from CT a.i1d t.1A ·

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Hop·.\: th:::. mformatlon tie1ps.

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Appendix D: Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey

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Berkshire Flyer Ridership Survey

The Uo;;rls$hi1e .f.l7M Group is e1arn i:ning the possibility of establish·ing a sea:son.sl M!~kand pa:>$€fiQ¥.1 :o.<.n1k-e l:>f.·tween t-l'lifaf.1.eJd i;Jld Nf::~v York Ci~y by ~Xl>t:1na:.ng Amtrak's existir1g options.

I.~., r:t~I resecreh is needed tc determine the fe\\'sltili!y i:1f thit- ilrC'$lf.iSJL Sr:. W& WBnt 1".l a~k f'':l 'J th~ foll.~111,irtg ~11&-sti<JM In t:i~ h<:i!;le r.it tl'O'irr9 ;Ji:::':! to 11w5l•Jm11 i+.;:.· d~!mand ft;ir 1his ty!Xl Qf serv~.

Are you in favor of expanding rat! service between the Berkshires and NYC?

Would you use this service if it existed? "

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What is your age?

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How long do you typically spend visiting the Berkshires?

A single day

Mor.J than o wsek

For what reasons would you be visiting the Berkshires?

H1Y.lno/cemplng/frshlng

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What is your final destination when coming to the Berkshires? *

Gr ellt B:irrlngton

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Service on currently existing lines changes trains at Albany-Rensselaer station, and takes around 5 hours; if the Berkshire Flyer were to run a dedicated train on this same Une, It would take around 4 hours. If the new service were to bypass Albany-Rensselaer, the traveJ time could be further redUced by around 20 minutes. What is the maximum amount you would pay. in order to bypass Albany-Rensselaer on the new service?

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How much do you currerrtly pay for transportation to the Berkshires?

(OPTIONAL) Are you of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish orlgin?

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(OPTIONAL) What is your household's total income?

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Appendh. F: Statistical Analysis of Data

Results showed that only household total income has a statistically significant impact on whether a respondent would ride alone or with family (household income was fowid to account for more than 62.4% of original data).

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Appendix H: python Script for Generating City Maps Using MassGIS Data

#!/usr/bin/python # # Written by Erin Kiley <[email protected]>, latest revision Dec 18, 2017

from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap # for drawing map import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np import re

import zipcodes import 9eopy.distance # for computing distance between coordinates

from scipy.spatial import Voronoi

import glob # for listing .xlsx files

import openpyxl # for reading Excel files from openpyxl.utils import get_column_letter, column_index_from_string

def is_number(s): try:

float(s) return True

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try: import unicodedata unicodedata.numeric( s ) return True

except (TypeError, ValueError): pass

return False

def check_dist_to_stations(lat,long,sta_lat,sta_long): #using Vicenty dis tance formu la dists= [] coords_to_check =(long, lat) for i i n range(0 , len(sta_lat}):

station_coords = (sta_long(i),sta_lat[i]) dists.append(geopy.distance.vincenty{station_coords,coords_to_check}.miles )

#print dis ts return (min(dists),dists.index(min(dists)))

def get_zips(wbname): #gets addresses from specified Excel file, saves as array of s tri ng ~ wb = openpyxl. load_workbook(wbname) sheet = wb.active zips=[) unique_addrs = [J for i in range( 2 ,sheet.max_row):

addr = sheet.cell(row=i,column--column_index_from_string("R" }).value if addr and addr not in unique_addrs:

unique_addrs.append(str(addr)) state= sheet.cell(row=i,column=column_index_from_string{ "U" )).value if state:

state = str(state) if state=="NY" or state=="NJ" : II pick just the NY or NJ state addresses

ZIP= sheet.cell(row=i,column=column_index_from_string( "V" )).value if ZIP:

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ZIP = re. findal 1( '\d+ ' ,ZIP) [0] # gets the r i rst number in the string (avoids any ZIP+4 issues , and gets a too-she rt numhe r f rorn non·-US codes with alphabetic characters )

i f zipcodes.is_valid(ZIP): zipdata = zipcodes.matching (ZIP) [0] zips.append(zipdata.get( "zip_code" ))

return (zips ,sheet.max_row)

de f get_unique_z ips(zips): sk i nny_zips = list(set(zips)) # gets unique values counts = [zips.count(zip) for zip in skinny_zips l #coun t s occurrences return (skinny_zips,counts)

def get_coords(zips): lats = [] longs = [] for zip in zips:

zipdata = zipcodes.matching(str(zip))(0) lats.append(zipdata.get( ulat" )) longs.append(zipdata.get("long" ))

return (lats, longs}

def get_cityname(wbname}:

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wb = openpyxl.load_workbook(wbname) sheet = wb.active cityname = sheet.cell(row=2,column=column_index_from_st ring( ' P')) .value return cityname

get_data(lats, longs, fcity,fc i tyny30,fny30,fcityny50,fny50,st ation_latitudes,station_longitu des): #gets coord i nates from addresses, saves as coordinates

lat30 = (] long30 = [] lat50 = (] long50 = (] station50=[ 0J*len(station latitudes) station30=[ 0J*len(station-latitudes) for lat,long in zip(lats,longs):

fcity.write(str(lat)+" , "+str(long)+"\n" ) (dis t _to_stations,which_sta) =

check_dist_to_stations(lat,long,station_latitudes,station_longitudes) /i p 1 i n I dis t _to_stations i f dist to stations <= 30. 0 :

lat30.append(lat) long30.append(long} f cityny30.write(str(long)+" , "+str(lat)+"\n" } fny30.write(str(long)+" , "+str(lat)+"\n" ) lat50.append(latl long50.append(long) fcityny50. write( str{ long)+" , "+str( lat) +"\n" ) fny50.write(str(long)+" , "+str(lat)+"\n" ) station30[which_sta]=station30[which_sta] +l station50[which_stal=station50[which_sta] +l

el1f dist to stations <= 50 .0 : fcityny50. write( std long)+" , "+str( lat )+"\n" ) fny50.write( str( long)+" , "+str ( lat}+"\n" ) l at50.append (lat) l ong50.append(long) station50[which_sta]=station50[which_sta] +l

ret urn (lat30,long30, lat50, long50,station30,stat i on50)

def vorono i_f i nite_polygons_2d(vor, radius=None ): .... .. Reconstruct infinite voronoi regions in a 20 di agram to finite regions.

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Parameters

vor : Voronoi Input diagram radius : float, optional Distance to 'points at infinity'.

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regions : list of tuples Indices of vertices in each revised Voronoi regions. vertices : list of tuples Coordinates for revised Voronoi vertices. Same as coordinates of input vertices, with 'points at infinity ' appended to the end .

if vor.points.shape[l ] != 2 : raise ValueError( "Requires 2D input" )

new_regions = [] new_vertices = vor.vertices.tolist()

center = vor.points.mean(axis=0 ) if radius is None:

radius = vor.points.ptp().max()

# Const ruct a map containing all ridges for a given point a l l_ridges = {} tor (pl, p2l, (vl, v2) in zip(vor.ridge_points, vor.ridge_vertices):

an_ridges. setdefautt(pl, []).append( (p2, vl, v2l) all_ridges. setdefault(p2, (]).append( (pl, vl, v2))

# Reconstruct infinite regions for pl, region in enumerate(vor.point_region):

vertices= vor.regions[region]

if alt(v >= 0 for v in vertices): # finite region new_regions.append(vertices) continue

# reconstruct a non-finite region ridges = all_ridges[pl] new_region = [v for v in vertices if v >= 0 )

for p2, vl, v2 in ridges: if v2 < 0 :

vl, v2 = v2", vl if vl >= 0:

# finite ridge: already in the region continue

# Compute the missing endpoint of an infinite ridge

t = vor.points[p2} - vor.points[pl) #tangent t /= np. linalg.norm(t) n; np.array([-t[l ], t[0])) #normal

midpoint= vor.points[[pl, p2]].mean(axis=0 ) direction = np.sign(np.dot(midpoint - center, n)) * n far_point = vor.vertices[v2] + direction * radius

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new_region.append(len(new_vertices)) new_vertices.append(far_point.tolist())

:if: sort region counterclockv1ise vs= np.asarray([new_vert ices [v] for v in new_region]) c = vs.mean(axis=0) angles= np.arctan2(vs[:, 1] - c[ l ], vs [ :, 0] - c[0)) new_region = np.array(new_region)[np.argsort(angles) ]

# f i nish new_regions.append(new_region.tolist())

return new_regions, np.asarray(new_vertices)

# Define marke r colors colors = [ ' xkcd:purple' , 'xkcd:green ' , 0 xkcd:blue ' , 'xkcd:pink' , 'xkcd: brown ' , 'xkcd:red' , ' xkcd:light blue• , •xkcd:teal' , 'xkcd:orange' , 'xkcd:light green' , ' xkcd:magenta ' , 'xkcd:yellow' , 'xkcd:sky blue' , 'xkcd:grey' , 'xkcd:lime green' , 'xkcd:light purple' , 'xkcd:violet' , 'xkcd:dark green' , 'xkcd:turquoise' , 'xkcd:lavender' , 'xkcd:dark blue' , 'xkcd:tan• , 'xkcd:cyan' , 'xkcd:aqua' , 'xkcd:forest green' , 'xkcd:mauve' , 'xkcd:dark purple' , 'xkcd:bright green' , 'xkcd:maroon' , 'xkcd:olive' , 'xkcd:salmon' , 'xkcd:beige' , 'xkcd:royal blue ' , ' xkcd:navy blue• , 'xkcd:lilac' , 'xkcd:black' , 'xkcd:hot pink' , 'xkcd:light brown' , 'xkcd:pale green' , 'xkcd:peach' , 'xkcd:olive green ' , 'xkcd:dark pink' ]

# De fine c i ty landmarks landmark_names = [ ' Paterson' , 'Edison' , 'Elizabeth' , 'Newark' , 'Yonkers ' , 'White Pl.a ins • , 'Hempstead• , •West Po int •] landmark_longitudes = [-74. 173, - 74.407 , -74.21, -74.171, -73. 9034, -73.762, -73.6216, -73.957449J landmark_latitudes ; [40.923, 40.511, 40.66, 40.73, 40.926, 41.0326 ,40.7027, 41.38992)

# Def i ne s t ations for Vo ronoi diagr am station_names = ["NYP", "YNY" , "HUD" , "CRT" , "POU", "RHI"] station_longitudes = [-73.993292, -73.902465, -73.798168, -73.882433, -73.937663, -73.951372] station_latitudes = [40.750322, 40.935544, 42. 253805,41.189614,41.707077, 41.921154]

# Draw base maps plt.figure( l ) bigmap = Basemap(projection= 'merc ' , lat_0 = 41, lon_0 = -74,

resolution = 'f' , area_thresh = 0.1, llcrnrlon=-74.5789, llcrnrlat=40.557, urcrnrlon=-72.36, urcrnrlat=42.43)

x,y = bigmap(station_longitudes,station_latitudes) x_otfsets = [-22500, -21000, 0, 0, 0, 0] y_offsets = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) for label, xpt, ypt, x_offset, y_offset in zip(station_names, x, y,x_offsets,y_offsets):

plt.text(xpt+x_offset, ypt+y_offset, label) points; np.column_stack((x,y)) vor = Voronoi(points) regions,vertices ; voronoi_finite_polygons_2d(vor) #print "-·-·" #print 1 e:·gions #print " - " # pri.nt ve rt ices for region in regions:

polygon = vertices{region) plt.fill(*ZiP(*polygon),alpha=0 .4)

plt. plot( points [:, 0], points [:, l ], ' ko' ,markersize=4) plt.xlim(vor.min_bound[0] - 8.1, vor.max_bound[0) + 0.1) plt.ylim(vor.min_bound[ l ] - 0.1, vor.max_bound[ l ) + 0.1)

bigmap.drawcoastlines() bigmap.drawcountries()

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#bigmap.fillcontinents(color = 'coral') #bigmar.drawmapboundary(fill_color='aqua') bigmap.drawstates() bigmap.drawrivers()

#filenames = ["NewAshford.xlsx"l filenames= glob.glob( '*.xlsx' ) #List all ,xlsx files in an array color_index=0 # Starting index for cycling through marker colo rs

allny30 = open( "All_30mi_Coords.txt" , 'a ' } allny50 = open( "All_50mi_Coords.txt" , 'a' } allreport = open( "Rep•Jr::. t1:" , ' 'V1 1

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allreport.write( "Report automatically generated by Python on the basis of MassGIS data.\n\n'NY/NJ' refers to the number of tax bills mailed to New York or New Jersey addresses; '30 mile' and '50 mile' headings refer to the number of tax bills mailed to addresses within 30 or 50 miles (respectively) of one of the following stations: NYP, YNY, CRT, POU, RHI, HUD. Headings 'NYP30' and 'NYP50' refer to the number of tax bills mailed to addresses within 30 or 50 miles (respectively) of NYP station; similarly for other stations. \n\nCity name \t Total tax bills \t NY/NJ \t 30 mile \t 50 mile \t NYP30 \t NYP50 \t YNY30 \t YNY50 \t CRT30 \t CRT50 \t POU30 \t POU50 \t RHI30 \t RHI50 \t HU030 \t HUD50 \n\n" )

for file in filenames: # for each c ity cityname = get_cityname(file) # get the city's n;::imc:, print ("Generating data and map fo r "+cityname+" .•• " } cityny30 = open(cityname+"_30mi _Coords. txt ", 'w' ) cityny50 = open(cityname+"_50mi_Coords. txt" , 'w' ) citycoords = open(cityname+"_NYNJ_Coords. txt" , 'w' ) (zips,num_addrs) = get_zips(file) #get the ZIP codes tor city tax bil ls #(zips ,zip_counts) = get_unique_zips(zips) (lats, longs)= get_coords(zips) #get latitudes and longitudes for ZIP codes (lat30,long30,lat50,1ong50,station30,station50) =

get_data(lats, longs,citycoords,cityny30,allny30,cityny50,allny50,station_latitudes,station_ longitudes) # get all the latitudes and longitudes for the city tax bil "ls

al lreport. write( ci tyname+"\ t"+st r( num_addrs )+"\ t"+st r( len( lats))+"\ t"+st r( 1.en ( lat30 l )+" \ t" +st r(len( lat50) )+"\ t"+st r( station30 (0) )+"\ t"+str( station50 (0)) +"\ t"+st r( station30 [1) l +"\ t" +st r( station50 (1 I)+"\ t"+str( station30 [3] )+"\ t"+st r( station50 [3 ]) +"\ t"+st r( station30 [4 ] )+" \ t"+str ( station50 [4 J) +"\ t"+st r( stat ion30 [5 J ) +"\ t" +st r( station50 (5) )+"\ t"+str( station30 (2) l + "\t"+str( station50 [2] )+"\ t" +"\n" )

print ( cityname+"\ t"+st r( num_addrs)+"\ t"+st r{ len(lats) }+"\t"+st r( len ( lat30)) +"\ t"+st r(le n( lat50)) +"\ t"+st r( stat ion30 [0] ) +"\ t"+st r( station50 [0] ) +"\ t"+s tr{ stat ion30 [1 I}+"\ t"+s tr( sta tion50[1))+"\t"+str(station30[3])+"\t"+str(station50[3])+"\t"+str(station30{4))+"\t"+str(st at ion50[41 ) +"\ t"+st r( station30 [5] )+"\ t "+st r( station50[51) +"\ t"+st r (stat ion30 (2) )+"\ t"+str< s tation50[2])+"\t"+"\n" )

dot_color=colors (color _index] ti get the co Lo r for t lie dots

if long30: plt.figure( l ) counts = [long30.count(long) tor long in 1ong30] #counts the number of occurrences

of each ZIP code maxct = max(counts) minct = min(counts) for i in range( l ,len(long30)): #for each coordinate until the l ast one

x,y = bigmap(long30[i),1at30[i]} #get lat/long attributes for overall bigmap if maxct == minct:

themarksize = 1 else :

themarksize = 3. 0*(counts[iJ-minct)/(maxct-minct} + 1.0 bigmap.plot(x,y,color=dot_color,marker= 'o ' ,markersize=themarksize) # add marke r

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plt.figure( 3) plt.clf() city_bigmap = Basemap(projection= ' merc ' , lat_0 = 41, lon_0 = -74,

resolution= 't' , area_thresh = 0 . 1, llcrnrlon=-74.5789, llcrnrlat;40.557, urcrnrlon=-72.36, urcrnrlat=42.43)

x,y = city_bigmap(station_longitudes,station_latitudes) x_offsets = [-22500, -210-00, 0, 0, 0, 0) y_offsets = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) for label, xpt, ypt, x_offset, y_offset in zip(station_names, x,

y,x_offsets,y_offsets): plt.text(xpt+x_offset, ypt+y_offset, label}

points = np.column_stack((x,y)} vor = Voronoi(points) regions,vertices = voronoi_finite_polygons_2d(vor) ''p r i nt 11

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i;pr i nt regions 1::pr i nt "--" f;pri.nt vertices for region in regions:

polygon = vertices[regionJ plt.fill(*zip(*polygon),alpha=0.4) plt.plot(points[:, 0],points[:, l ], 'ko' ,markersize=8) plt.xlim{vor.min_bound[0) - 0.1 , vor.max_bound[0) + 0.1} plt.ylim(vor.min_bound( l ] - 0. 1, vor.max_bound[ l ] + 0.1 )

city_bigmap.drawcoastlines() city_bigmap.drawcountries( ) city_bigmap.drawstates() city_bigmap.drawrivers() #ci t y_bi gmap. fillcontinents{color = ' coral') city_bigmap.drawmapboundary() for i in range( 1,len(long30)): #for each coordinate until the last one

x,y = city_bigmap(long30{i], lat30(i]} #get l at/long attributes for ci ty bigmap if maxct == minct:

themarksize = 4 else:

themarksize = 3.0*(counts[i]-minct)/{maxct-minct) + 4.0 city_bigmap.plot(x,y,color=dot_color,marker= 'o' ,markersize=themarksize) # add

marke r to c ily ll.i.qmdp #x, y c i t y biDrnap ( landmark_longitudes, landma rk_latitudes ) #fo r L.i l.h~l . xp t , ypl .i.11 zip(landmark_names, x, y): :;;> ptt.tex L(xµ1., yp1, label) plt.title( 'Tax Bills Mailed from ' +cityname) plt.savefig(cityname+"_bigmap.png" )

color_index=color_index+l # change the color incex for the~ nr:xt c.ity cityny30.close() cityny50.close() citycoords.close()

plt. figure( 1) #plt. legend ( .oc::"upper rigllt" ) plt.title( ''iHl Tex 51lls" ) #x,y ::: bigmap(landmark_longit udes , lan<l111C11-·-< latitudes) #for label, xpt , ypt in zip( landmil rk_namc~s , x, y): # rJl. i . text( xpt, ypt , label) plt.savefig( "al lbills_bigmap. png" )

allny30. close() allny50.close() allreport.close()

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