Tag: Boston – Page 3

New maps show travel times on the T

Posted on January 11, 2013 at 3:01 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Maps are perfect for telling you how far away places are, but what about how long it takes to get there? Whether you’re on a bus, in a car, or […]

Smart growth shopping: Choosing a city stroller

Posted on January 7, 2013 at 3:16 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Yesterday, I (meaning my husband, 8 month-old son, and me) went stroller shopping. Somehow our physical space constraints and our commuting patterns seem to figure into just about everything we […]

"Fiscal cliff" deal yields a win for public transit

Posted on January 4, 2013 at 4:26 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

One important federal transportation issue that MAPC has been working on in the past year is/was the disparity between commuter tax benefits for those who drive and those who take […]

Hubway Data Viz Challenge recap

Posted on November 15, 2012 at 1:24 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

We loved seeing all of the creative submissions that came in for our Hubway Data Visualization Challenge, and the entire process of the contest–including our Hack Day at Boucoup Loft; […]

Hubway Data Challenge Winners

Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:38 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Data heads, animators, graphics geeks, designers, mappers, students and professional visualization artists converged on The Bocoup Loft in Boston’s Fort Point Channel Tuesday night to find out the answer to one […]

My Way or the Hubway

Posted on November 9, 2012 at 1:06 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Originally posted on Jackie’s Daily Drifting My name is Jackie and I had a Hubway membership. There, I said it. The best part? It was awesome. I think that like many people, I […]

Hubway Data Viz Hack Day

Posted on October 31, 2012 at 5:03 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Last Saturday we hosted a our first-ever Hubway Data Visualization Hack Day at the The Bocoup Loft in the Innovation District of Boston. A “Hack Day is a workshop-like setting where people […]

Helmets vs. physical activity: A public health Catch-22

Posted on October 17, 2012 at 3:12 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Will encouraging helmet use simultaneously discourage people from riding their bikes in the city? Two public health concerns – obesity and accident prevention – run the risk of being at odds […]

What do half a million bike-share trips look like to YOU?

Posted on October 5, 2012 at 1:27 pm. Written by Amanda Linehan

Calling all data geeks, designers, students, and bike-share lovers! Get started on your entry in the first-ever Hubway Visualization Contest, co-sponsored by MAPC and Hubway. For the first time, Hubway’s […]

MAPC Book Club

Posted on July 16, 2012 at 10:39 am. Written by Amanda Linehan

Parking lots are a mainstay of the 21st century city. With an estimated 600,000,000 passenger cars worldwide and 500,000,000 parking spaces in the US alone, lots take up huge amounts […]