Survey and Maps
CTA Safety Perceptions
- online and in person survey drawing on map where participant is okay travelling alone
-- on foot, on bike, on train, on bus- then at night versus the day
-- questions about what constitutes frequent and safe service
the idea would be to recommend where to add staff, lighting, cameras or signage based on response
I suggest offering a $10 Ventra gift card and having the survey be open one a year or every 2 years.
Bunch of benches
- Map of public infrastructure in Chicago. I would then ask for where guerilla benching should be added
- I would ask for suggestions of where benches should be built
Pumpkin Spice and the impact of other passive colonial food trends
- Map of all the ingredients in the popular westernized flavoring. Would show break out of each ingredient and the countries or areas it is sources, maybe additional informational about wages or land use issues in the exploited areas.
Chicago Aging with Dignity
- Map of all seniors facilities and max capacity quantities/ overlaid with 2020 or more recent demographic data on age and disability, as well as income
CFMAP- Berrien county farms, pollution areas and local wells and hydrological resources
Map of Midwestern growers and shared issues
- Would have a layer of quotes on top of the map background
- labor, land access, insurance, injury, aging, accident or damages equipment weather, scaling up/input costs, skills/connections(to buyers, clients, social media and website needs), and for volunteers or employees,
Chaddick Institute mapping- "Mind the Gap"
- Map of geographic areas and quantities of people underserved by greyhound buses. Who and how many live more than 10 miles from public transportation?
- also map of hot spot closed stations, suggestions for inter-stop transit
- comparison to train stop access (try to get api to grey hound or reach out to federal agency about potential expansion areas)
- zonal maps for future initiatives and policies
- Research and map of divvy stations use after buses stopped within . 5 miles of each dock.
Map of the Value of agriculture
The goal is to bring awareness to the cost of the food system and the hemorrhaging of farmable land and wisdom when farmers quit or retire.
Google Manufacturing API
- scrub data from 2-4 mile radius of manufacturing and food business to show pockets of closed loop production possibilities
-Scrub data to tie into CFMPA/GFPI aims of connecting smaller and medium sized growers to institutional procurement around Chicago. I would pull a list of all public school, hospitals, museums, public government offices within 1 mile of each growing site
Map of all bike fatalities posted in public places
Map of all current housing project developments and monthly cost of rent
Ecology- Tying together all the separate tree ID initiatives in Chicago into a master map of tree type, size, age, and health condition
Homeowner Wishlist Project
- how much $, time or labor would change the life of a 2-6 unit home owner?
IDOT suggestion for a new role or program: Having a staff members on a bike with a camera riding each day systematically recording bike lane road conditions and obstructions
Personal Connection Mapping:
Map of Poland and areas important to my family
Map of my upcoming trip to New Zealand and what farms I will be working on