Phase 1 Bike Plan_r

Network Development
Community Hotspot Analysis
The planning team used Geographic Informa on Systems (GIS) to map the loca on of primary
des na ons—those places that shape our daily travel—in the project area:
TABLE 2: Primary des na ons used to iden fy hubs of community ac vity
Primary Des na ons
Schools
Low Income Housing
Transit
Food Markets
Recrea on and Tourism
Parks
Civic Ins tu ons
Early childhood educa on and daycare centers, elementary/middle/high
schools (public and private), higher educa on campuses
Sec on 8 or Housing Tax Credit proper es
Bus stops, Bike Boardings and Transit sta ons
Grocery stores; bakeries; meat, fish, and produce markets; corner
store markets
Hotels, fitness centers, senior centers, community centers, pools,
movie theaters, museums
Larger than 2 acres
Descrip on
City Hall, post offices, public libraries, municipal courts, court houses
inside the ghtest buffer ring—a 0.25 mile radius around the des na on—was weighted most heavily;
the area inside each successive 0.25 mile ring was assigned a lesser weigh ng, where the outer buffer
ring (i.e. the area between 0.75 mile and 1 mile around the des na on) received the lowest score.
The team then aggregated the scores between overlapping buffer rings to create a heat map (Figure 1)
of the community, where the warmest colors represent the highest scores and depict the greatest
concentra on of primary des na ons.
The team also considered other supplemental data about how residents currently move around the
community:
TABLE 3: Supplemental data sources used to iden fy hubs of community ac vity
Supplemental Data
Travel Demand Model
Origin/Des na on Data
Popula on and
Employment Density
Employment to
Popula on Ra o
Zero Car Households
Bike to Work
City of Corpus Chris
Des na on Nodes
Descrip on
Data (per Census 2010) about where (in terms of census blocks) car trips
begin and end in the community
Rela ve density of popula on and employment; areas with higher
density of popula on and employment tend to be more urban and thus
more likely to support trips by bicycle
Rela ve balance of employment opportuni es to popula on density;
areas with a ra o closer to 1:1 represent the availability of employment
opportuni es in close geographic proximity to commensurate popula on
density, thus increasing the likelihood of trips being made by bicycle
rather than personal automobile
Loca on of zero car households (2009-2013 American Community Survey
5-yr Es mates); zero car households are inherently dependent on other
modes of travel, such as cycling, walking and transit
Loca on (residences) of individuals that uses bicycle as means of
commu ng (2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-yr Es mates)
Nine Des na on Nodes—areas that are pre-disposed for redevelopment
as compact, efficient, community centers—were iden fied in the City's
2011 Integrated Community Sustainability Plan
Figure 1: Heat map of the project area, where warm colors depict hubs of community ac vity as defined
by a concentra on of key des na ons such as schools, food markets, parks, civic ins tu ons, transit
stops, low income housing loca ons, employment centers, and popula on centers.
Once the Primary Des na ons (Table 2, above) and Supplemental Data (Table 3, above) had been
mapped, the planning team created four concentric buffer rings around each des na on. The area
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