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alternative modes of transportation (e.g., bicycling, public transportation) as a
means to mitigate traffic congestion. Figure 4 shows bike meters and racks
mapped by GIS students as of October 2010 in Little Village (Carlstrom &
Vasquez, 2010). Figure 5 represents the relative share of traffic by different
modes of transportation at major road intersections surveyed by GIS students
as of March 2011 in Little Village (Boyter et al., 2011). The figure shows that
cars dominate the traffic (80%) while public transportation (city buses)
accounts for 1% of traffic.
Figure 5. Survey of traffic in major road intersections in Little Village, Chicago as of
March 2011.
Existing community assets such as vacant lots can be used as public space
for youth education.
Camp Bufferfly
wanted to determine the availability of
space that can be potentially used for green youth education with GIS. GIS
students identified vacant lots, brown field sites, youth centers, and
community gardens using GIS to address the needs of
Camp Butterfly
in the
Bronzeville community (Chaffin et al., 2012). This project demonstrates how
built capital can be utilized in relation to building human capital in the
community.
