Evaluating Walkability

Along Ponce de Leon AveBrianna Willis, Sabriyyah Pollock, Hadiya Haq, Pierce Brody, Jake Conrad, Anya Lomsadze, Travis Wilkinson

In partnership with Intown Collaborative Ministries and Atlanta Community Food Bank

A collaborative project of The 2015 Urban Atlanta Geospatial STEM Academy

Research Question

~ How difficult is it to walk

along Ponce de Leon Ave in

search of social services?

Community Partner Needs

◦ Evaluate walkability to social services

◦ Help implement restoration projects

Study Area

Mixed residential and business

Large income inequalities

Little green space

Very paved environment

High traffic area

Fieldwork Methods

Utilized tablets with ArcGIS collector app

Measured 100 feet increments with measuring wheels

Videos with stroller and baby doll with GoPro attached

Analysis Methods

❑Heat map of safe and

unsafe intersections and

sidewalks.

Difficult Walk

● The yellow (highest) to red

(lowest) areas in the heat

map show the lower quality

sidewalks.

Easy Walk

● The yellow areas in the

heat map show the higher

quality of the sidewalk.

Safe Intersections

● The points on the heat

map show areas which

have safe intersections.

Unsafe Intersections

● The points on the heat

map show areas which

have unsafe intersections.

Bad Sidewalks Near Food Vendors

Results

Some of the sidewalks on Ponce de Leon were in good

condition while others were not.

Bad sidewalk quality makes it harder to access needed

services.

Conclusions

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Some sidewalks and intersections are safer than others.

GIS helped us determine what parts of Ponce de Leon needed

help.

Sidewalk quality is generally better in areas with businesses than

in residential areas.

Thanks

● Intown Collaborative Ministries

● Atlanta Community Food Bank

● Verizon Foundation

● Dr. Timothy Hawthorne

● Mary Seidell