putting data to work in metro boston
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Tim Reardon (Assistant Director of Data Services, MAPC, Boston) Putting Data to Work in Metro Boston Abstract: The Metropolitan Area Planning Council uses data and technology to support more informed decision making across more than 100 cities and towns in Greater Boston. The work of the Data Services Department falls across four primary domains: Compiling, crowd-sourcing, or manufacturing data to build a better understanding of the region’s systems; democratizing access to data through interactive web portals and open data initiatives; forecasting a range of future scenarios based on different assumptions about policy decisions and external forces; and maintaining an indicators program to track progress toward regional goals. The narrative and presentation methods for this work also seek to achieve certain strategic objectives: disrupt conventional wisdom about regional and local trends; build the capacity of stakeholders to engage with policy makers and experts; bring competing priorities into higher relief so they can be more effectively balanced; and maintain a public focus on the policy levers most critical to achieving regional goals. This presentation will describe the work of the council with specific examples of how our data work has influenced local and regional decision-making. Bio: Timothy Reardon is the Assistant Director of Data Services at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, a regional public agency serving Metro Boston. He has over fifteen years of experience in regional planning, with a focus on using data and technology to support informed decision-making. Mr. Reardon oversees the agency’s applied research program where his current projects include integrated transportation and land use planning, socioeconomic projections, policy-oriented technical analysis, development of new datasets, and scenario modeling. Mr. Reardon had a leading role in the technical analysis, public engagement, communications, and implementation strategy components of MetroFuture, MAPC’s long range regional growth plan. He earned a masters degree in city planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.TRANSCRIPT
Putting Data To Work
In Metro Boston
Tim ReardonAssistant Director of Data Services
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
70% 67% 64%
12% 10% 9%
3% 7%3%
7% 8%10%
8% 9% 15%
Migration in Somerville
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Data Services
Data collection as a public policy priority
Data Creation
Access & Interpretation
Scenarios
Indicators
Development Database
ParcelData
Demographic Projections
Opportunities for “Mode Shift”
Live close+
Safe routes available
+Currently
being driven
Where are these kids?
Survey Results
49%64%
67%49%
47%
16%
7%3%
4%
20%
26%
48%
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1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
0.5 0.5-1.0 1.0-1.5 >1.5
Estim
ated
Num
ber o
f Trip
s
Walkshed Distance (miles)
Mode Choice by Walkshed, Surveyed Schools
School Bus & other*
Walk
Auto
* "Walk" also include bike commutes. "Auto" includes carpool. "Other" includes transit (city bus or subway), skateboard, scooter, inline skates, and other unspecified modes; the "other" category comprised fewer than 5% of estimated trips for all survey schools.
* "Walk" also include bike commutes. "Auto" includes carpool. "Other" includes transit (city bus or subway), skateboard, scooter, inline skates, and other unspecified modes; the "other" category comprised fewer than 5% of estimated trips for all survey schools.
Hubway Data Challenge
Community Snapshots
Boston Green
MUNI_ID MUNI
TotPop_00
HHPop_00
GQPop_00
TotPop_10
HHPop_10
GQpop_10
TotPop_20_SQ
HHPop_20_SQ
GQPop_20_SQ
TotPop_30_SQ
HHPop_30_SQ
GQPop_30_SQ
TotPop_20_S
R
HHPop_20_
SR
1ABINGTON
14,605
14,414
191
15,985
15,893
92 17,488
17,384
104
18,949
18,804
146
17,730
17,625
2ACTON
20,331
20,189
142
21,924
21,788
136 22,225
22,040
185
22,931
22,667
264
22,577
22,389
7AMESBURY
16,450
16,094
356
16,283
15,982
301 16,081
15,733
349
15,735
15,319
416
16,421
16,067
9ANDOVER
31,247
30,948
299
33,201
31,798
1,403 34,002
32,537
1,465
35,579
33,955
1,624
34,470
32,996
10ARLINGTON
42,389
42,216
173
42,844
42,553
291 42,911
42,616
296
43,192
42,886
306
43,795
43,496
14ASHLAND
14,674
14,642
32
16,593
16,548
45 17,821
17,764
57
19,213
19,140
73
18,134
18,076
16ATTLEBORO
42,068
41,237
831
43,593
43,029
564 44,630
44,024
606
45,610
44,879
731
45,642
45,029
18AVON 4,443
4,443
-
4,356
4,355
1
4,281
4,280
1
4,215
4,214
1
4,364
4,363
19AYER 7,287
6,835
452
7,427
7,168
259
7,440
7,180
260
7,472
7,211
261
7,546
7,285
23BEDFORD
12,595
12,006
589
13,320
12,813
507 13,934
13,378
556
14,857
14,236
621
14,157
13,595
25BELLINGHAM
15,314
15,297
17
16,332
16,316
16 16,885
16,867
17
17,356
17,340
16
17,109
17,092
26BELMONT
24,194
23,882
312
24,729
24,534
195 25,300
25,113
186
26,111
25,902
208
25,790
25,602
28BERLIN 2,380
2,372
8
2,866
2,863
3
3,024
3,021
3
3,164
3,161
3
3,047
3,044
30BEVERLY
39,862
37,692
2,170
39,502
36,988
2,514 39,477
36,969
2,508
39,859
37,279
2,579
40,418
37,900
31BILLERICA
38,981
37,759
1,222
40,243
39,197
1,046 40,414
39,341
1,074
40,318
39,225
1,093
41,149
40,054
32BLACKSTONE 8,804
8,772
32
9,026
8,980
46
9,242
9,183
59
9,305
9,229
77
9,367
9,307
34BOLTON 4,148
4,148
-
4,897
4,897
-
4,999
4,999
-
5,050
5,050
-
5,038
5,038
35BOSTON
589,141
554,064
35,077
617,594
571,380
46,214
640,798
593,943 46,855
664,867
617,029
47,838
664,218
616,960
37BOXBOROUGH 4,868
4,868
-
4,996
4,996
-
4,788
4,788
-
4,729
4,729
-
4,823
4,823
38BOXFORD 7,921
7,921
-
7,965
7,965
-
7,381
7,381
-
7,098
7,098
-
7,440
7,440
40BRAINTREE
33,828
33,019
809
35,744
35,199
545 37,837
37,243
595
40,190
39,500
690
38,615
38,013
42BRIDGEWATER
25,185
21,146
4,039
26,563
21,801
4,762 26,596
21,799
4,797
26,777
21,985
4,792
27,055
22,213
Population and Housing Projections
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
Households by Age of Householder,
Boxborough, 2010 - 2030
over 75
65 - 75
55 - 65
35 - 54
Under 35N
um
ber
of
Hou
seh
old
s
2010 2020 2030 2040 2,400,000
2,450,000
2,500,000
2,550,000
2,600,000
2,650,000
2,700,000
2,750,000
2,543,000
2,509,000
2,526,000 2,515,500
2,616,000
2,643,000
2,690,000
Population in the Labor Force, Metro Boston, 2010 - 2040,
Status Quo vs. Stronger RegionStatus Quo Stronger Region
Economic Engine Commercial Expansion
Derby Gateway
Housing Units Employment -
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
42,400
24,300 8,900
33,600 25,800
53,600
South Coast RailRegional Priority Development
Areas:Capacity Comparison
25-Year Projections 25-Year CapacityBuildout Capacity
Ho
usin
g U
nit
s o
r Jo
bs
South Coast Rail Priority Screening
Boston Indicators Project
Boston & Cambridge
Rest of Inner Core
Rest of MAPC0
5
10
15
20
25
64%92%
97%
33%6%
2%
3% 2%
1%
Round Trip Commute Miles per Worker by Mode
OtherTransitAuto
State of Equity
Regional Indicators
Green Line Extension to Somerville
Current Housh-
olds
Out-Mi-
grant Households
In-Mi-grant Households
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
1% 1% 1%
16%11%
20%
18%
17%
18%
16%
14%
11%
11%
15%12%
38% 42% 38%
Migration by Income Somerville PUMA*, 2006
- 2010
75,000 +
60,000 - 74,999
40,000-59,999
20,000 - 39,999
<$20,000
0
2000 20100.0%
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
2.5% 2.4%
3.2%
2.7%
Somerville's Population of Color
compared to the MAPC region, 2000 - 2010
Somerville's share of Region's Popula-tionSomerville's share of non-White Popula-tion
Anonymized vehicle database with model, mileage, zip code,
MPGSpatial Dataset with
neighborhood statistics and vehicle ownership
37 Billion Mile“Datathon”
