Category: Mike Walsh

Percentage of Homes without cars in Hartford Neighborhoods

Posted on Author Mike Walsh

This Bar Graph shows the percentage of zero vehicle households in the various neighborhoods of Hartford. I can use this graph to infer where more people rely on public transportation and walking, and will most likely have a harder time getting to a store with nutritious foods. The name of each neighborhood is on the x-axis, while the percentage of zero vehicle homes is on the y-axis. I found this data from CT Data Haven, a website that collects and interprets data about Connecticut.

Data Haven 2014 Hartford/West Hartford Neighborhood Estimates

My Half of the Partnership with the Hartford Food System

Posted on Author Mike Walsh

My name is Mike Walsh and I am from Longmeadow, Massachusetts. I am a freshman at Trinity College and I plan to major in Public Policy, however I’m also very interested in statistics and data visualization. I am part of the Ski team at Trinity and work at one of the on-campus coffee shops.

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For this project, I will be working with fellow student Kaitlyn Sprague and Martha Page, Executive Director of the  Hartford Food System. The Hartford Food System (HFS) creates programs in the greater Hartford area that facilitate access to nutritious foods in order to reach their goal of making a sustainable food system that meets Hartford’s needs. During this semester, Kaitlyn and I will be creating a layered, interactive map that shows food access in Hartford. This will include the location of different types of food stores in the community, as well as transportation routes to these food stores.