Our classes’ existing conditions report plays a crucial role in understanding the state of our study area and how we will be able interpret a deliverable for our final project. I was assigned to focus and study on the areas of Transportation, Workers, and Industry.

Transportation

The current transportation options that are readily available within our current study area will play a critical role for our eventual intervention methodology, so I chose to illustrate every line that is currently serviced by the KCATA. Within the regional context map I included also included counties with lack of service(Ray, Leavenworth, Cass) in order to point out the noticeable lack of service within those regions of our metro. I also chose to add in stops and stations for each transit line within the blowout map to exemplify the potential nodes or junctions of transit oriented or pedestrian activity that could potentially be utilized in our final transit hub deliverable.

Occupation/Workers

I chose to use the OnTheMap resource to illustrate worker data for those employed within the North Loop. The Map below shows a shaded heat map of population data for those employed within our study area and is primarily meant to exemplify the potential commuter behavior we would expect to influence the perceived adequacy and value of the North Loop in its current state. As visualized in the map a great portion of those employed within loop commute north of the river.

Industry

I chose to illustrate the industry of our Study Area with a bar graph presenting NAICS Industry Sector Data. As shown above the Professional, scientific, and Tech services make up the largest portion of the workforce within our study area