March Mapness: The Least Car-Dependent Neighborhoods in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota

March Mapness continues.

Here's the car-free commute map for five states: Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota. (Not surprisingly, there's not much exciting to see here, which is part of why I lumped this all together.) This shows the percentage of residents in each census tract who get to work on foot, bike, or transit -- anything that doesn't involve a car.

I'll be creating a map for each state and uploading census tract boundary files so that others who are interested can make their own maps showing whatever they'd like. If you'd like your state's map up earlier rather than later, just let me know.

Here's a link to the full-sized map.

For those interested in embedding the map on their own site, you'll want to go here, click the tab that says "Idaho, Montana,..." pull down the tab that says "Publish," and copy from there. The embedded map will show whatever you're looking at when you hit "Publish" -- in my case I was zoomed out over Montana, Wyoming, and the two Dakotas, for example -- so keep that in mind if you want to highlight a specific area.

March Mapness: The Least Car-Dependent Neighborhoods in Nevada

March Mapness continues.

Here's the car-free commute map for Nevada. This shows the percentage of residents in each census tract who get to work on foot, bike, or transit -- anything that doesn't involve a car.

I'll be creating a map for each state and uploading census tract boundary files so that others who are interested can make their own maps showing whatever they'd like. If you'd like your state's map up earlier rather than later, just let me know.

Here's a link to the full-sized map.

For those interested in embedding the map on their own site, you'll want to go here, click the tab that says "Nevada," pull down the tab that says "Publish," and copy from there. The embedded map will show whatever you're looking at when you hit "Publish" -- in my case I was viewing Las Vegas, for example -- so keep that in mind if you want to highlight a specific area.

March Mapness: The Least Car-Dependent Neighborhoods in North Carolina

It's been decided: this is March Mapness.

Here's the car-free commute map for North Carolina. This shows the percentage of residents in each census tract who get to work on foot, bike, or transit -- anything that doesn't involve a car.

I'll be creating a map for each state and uploading census tract boundary files so that others who are interested can make their own maps showing whatever they'd like. If you'd like your state's map up earlier rather than later, just let me know.

Here's a link to the full-sized map.

For those interested in embedding the map on their own site, you'll want to go here, click the tab that says "North Carolina," pull down the tab that says "Publish," and copy from there. The embedded map will show whatever you're looking at when you hit "Publish" -- in my case I was viewing Durham and Chapel Hill, for example -- so keep that in mind if you want to highlight a specific area.

March Mapness: The Least Car-Dependent Neighborhoods in Massachusetts

It's been decided: this is March Mapness.

Here's the car-free commute map for Massachusetts. This shows the percentage of residents in each census tract who get to work on foot, bike, or transit -- anything that doesn't involve a car.

I'll be creating a map for each state and uploading census tract boundary files so that others who are interested can make their own maps showing whatever they'd like. If you'd like your state's map up earlier rather than later, just let me know.

Here's a link to the full-sized map.

For those interested in embedding the map on their own site, you'll want to go here, click the tab that says "Massachusetts," pull down the tab that says "Publish," and copy from there. The embedded map will show whatever you're looking at when you hit "Publish" -- in my case I was viewing Boston, for example -- so keep that in mind if you want to highlight a specific area.

March Mapness: The Least Car-Dependent Neighborhoods in Illinois

It's been decided. It's March Mapness. Here's the car-free commute map for Illinois. This shows the percentage of residents in each census tract who get to work on foot, bike, or transit -- anything that doesn't involve a car.

I'll be creating a map for each state and uploading census tract boundary files so that others who are interested can make their own maps showing whatever they'd like. If you'd like your state's map up earlier rather than later, just let me know.

Here's a link to the full-sized map.

For those interested in embedding the map on their own site, you'll want to go here, click the tab that says "Illinois," pull down the tab that says "Publish," and copy from there. The embedded map will show whatever you're looking at when you hit "Publish" -- in my case I was viewing Chicago, for example -- so keep that in mind if you want to highlight a specific area.

March Mapness: The Least Car-Dependent Neighborhoods in New York (And a Special One For NYC)

It's been decided. It's March Mapness. Here's the car-free commute map for New York. This shows the percentage of residents in each census tract who get to work on foot, bike, or transit -- anything that doesn't involve a car.

I'll be creating a map for each state and uploading census tract boundary files so that others who are interested can make their own maps showing whatever they'd like. If you'd like your state's map up earlier rather than later, just let me know.

Here's a link to the full-sized map.

For those interested in embedding the map on their own site, you'll want to go here, click the tab that says "New York State" (or "New York City"), pull down the tab that says "Publish," and copy from there. The embedded map will show whatever you're looking at when you hit "Publish" -- in my case I was viewing Rochester, for example -- so keep that in mind if you want to highlight a specific area.

Since New York City is a special place where nearly every census tract has a non-car mode share above 50 percent, I made a second map with the colors coded to higher mode shares. In this version purple represents 85 to 100 percent non-car mode share, rather than 50+ percent. Even with these revised categories, half of Manhattan is still purple.

And again, here's a link to the full-sized map.

Map: The Least Car-Dependent Neighborhoods in Pennsylvania

Here's the car-free commute map for Pennsylvania. This shows the percentage of residents in each census tract who get to work on foot, bike, or transit -- anything that doesn't involve a car.

As I wrote yesterday, I'll be creating a map for each state and uploading census tract boundary files so that others who are interested can make their own maps showing whatever they'd like. If you'd like your state's map up earlier rather than later, just let me know.

Here's a link to the full-sized map.

For those interested in embedding the map on their own site, you'll want to go here, click the tab that says "Pennsylvania," pull down the tab that says "Publish," and copy from there. The embedded map will show whatever you're looking at when you hit "Publish" -- in my case I was viewing Pittsburgh, for example -- so keep that in mind if you want to highlight a specific area.

Map: The Least Car-Dependent Neighborhoods in Oregon

Here's the car-free commute map for Oregon. This shows the percentage of residents in each census tract who get to work on foot, bike, or transit -- anything that doesn't involve a car.

As I create more of these, it's becoming clear that for states like Oregon, "a map of the least car-dependent neighborhoods in Oregon" has about the same meaning as "a map of the least car-dependent neighborhoods in Portland."

As I wrote yesterday, I'll be creating a map for each state and uploading census tract boundary files so that others who are interested can make their own maps showing whatever they'd like. If you'd like your state's map up earlier rather than later, just let me know.

Here's a link to the full-sized map.

For those interested in embedding the map on their own site, you'll want to go here, click the tab that says "Oregon," pull down the tab that says "Publish," and copy from there. The embedded map will show whatever you're looking at when you hit "Publish" -- in my case I was viewing Portland, for example -- so keep that in mind if you want to highlight a specific area.

Map: The Least Car-Dependent Neighborhoods in California

Today's entry in car-free commute maps is California. This shows the percentage of residents in each census tract who get to work on foot, bike, or transit -- anything that doesn't involve a car.

As I wrote yesterday, I'll be creating a map for each state and uploading census tract boundary files so that others who are interested can make their own maps showing whatever they'd like. I also uploaded the boundaries for Oregon, Pennsylvania, New York, and Illinois yesterday. If you'd like your state's map up earlier rather than later, just let me know.

Here's a link to the full-sized map.

For those interested in embedding the map on their own site, you'll want to go here, click the tab that says "California," pull down the tab that says "Publish," and copy from there. The embedded map will show whatever you're looking at when you hit "Publish" -- in my case I was viewing Oakland, for example -- so keep that in mind if you want to highlight a specific area.

Map: The Least Car-Dependent Neighborhoods in Washington State

Last week I made a map showing the non-car commuter mode share for every census tract in Los Angeles County. This week, I've got the same for all of Washington state (which actually has a significantly lower population than LA County).

I intend to get all of the states done eventually, then I'll hopefully be able to combine them all into a single map and table. Part of the reason I'm doing this is to make Google Fusion/Maps a more useful tool for others interested in mapping; right now there don't appear to be census tract boundary maps uploaded into the system for most locales, and without those any mapping at the tract level isn't really possible. This'll probably take a few weeks of work off and on, so if any readers are anxious to get the numbers for their states, just let me know and you can jump to the head of the queue.

Here's the map for Washington:

And here's a link to the full-sized map.

No big surprises in terms of the commute mode share -- Seattle is the only area in the state where more than half of residents commute without a car, though some areas come close and the ferry dock areas of Bainbridge Island and Bremerton both have high non-car mode shares. Seattle is a very centralized city, as opposed to the poly-centric nature of Los Angeles, and that's reflected in a single concentrated area of car-free commuting centered on Downtown and adjacent neighborhoods. The expansion of Link light rail may shift this to more of a car-free corridor rather than a car-free core.

For those interested in embedding the map on their own site, you'll want to go here, click the tab that says "Washington," pull down the tab that says "Publish," and copy from there. The embedded map will show whatever you're looking at when you hit "Publish" -- in my case I was viewing Chicago, for example -- so keep that in mind if you want to highlight a specific area.