WSU Commuting Times

As a second project for our class this week, we had to find out the average distance and time that commuter students attending Westfield State University traveled in one trip. Again, we could not use maps in our visualization of the data so below is the document that I've prepared for this assignment and then below that is the link to the website where I created the infograph! Check them out!

Click here to go to the website where I created the infograph and see my inforgaph in it's unedited format!

Enjoy and stay posted for more!

*UPDATE*

Hey everyone! I recently went through the data for the commuter students to figure out what the average straight-line distance is for commuter students to see if it would be different from the OD Cost Matrix tool that I ran to get the above information. As it turns out, there is quite a big difference. See, the OD Cost Matrix tool uses the network dataset, so the main streets for this project, to calculate how long it would take to get there but with a straight line distance, you are calculating it "as the crow flies" so you are not taking into account road distances. The average distance for commuter students using straight line distances is about 6.16 miles traveled for one trip to school. On the other hand, the average mileage traveled using the Cost Matrix was 15.6 miles. So you can see that there is a difference between the two tools. Neither tool is better than the other, you just need to keep in mind what you need to know from your data - maybe straight-line distance is a better choice for you or the cost matrix would be best - it all depends on your need!!