Module #2 Warmup - Warm Up 2 - Urban caricatures

Are our Neighborhoods really safe?

This report contains such an analysis of two of the external factors – Walk score and Crime rate in ten different residential neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. The results can help us decide the best neighborhood to move into.

In a city that has so much water flowing through it, how does Pittsburgh use this valuable resource, and where does it go?

Happy City by Charles Montgomery focuses on the measure of success of a city based on how active the community is. Aligning with that study, is the study of both public and outdoor space. Where does the City of Pittsburgh fall in this alignment?

A very basic and simplistic analysis of the housing market in Hill District, Pittsburgh. The project also looks into cause-effect relationships between various factors effecting this market.

Cycling is a sustainable and healthy living choice for urbanists, and city is creating bicycle infrastructure and law enforcement to better accommodate cycling demand. To prioritize improvement areas, city planners need a comprehensive understanding of where have higher possibilities of bicycle crashes.

The intent of this project is to better understand the people of Shadyside and the vested interest in the welfare of their nighborhood.

Taking as a starting point the patented system developed by the Walk Score, the project tries to unfold the data generated for the neighborhoods of Hill District and Hazelwood in Pittsburgh for patterns in the outcomes and possible solutions.

The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is a national program of the USDA that provides FREE meals to kids during the summer months. Summer Food Sites are the designated spots to distribute the free food. I would like to explore the distribution of the summer food sites and how they relate to the social context.