1. BUILDING A BICYCLE RENTAL SYSTEM IN SAN FRANCISCO Xingzhou Li Introduction to GIS

2. Background  California AB 32: reducing GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 (a reduction of approximately 30 percent)  San Francisco Climate Action Plan: Increase bicycling as an alternative to driving (estimated CO2 reduction: 10,000 tons)  Specific Actions Proposed by San Francisco Continue to improve and expand bicycle parking facilities; Improve bicycle access to transit.

3. Why Bicycles?

4. Why Bicycles Rentals?

5. Building a Bicycle Rental System in San Francisco

6.  Finding the best locations for bicycle rental stations  Criteria: 1. Median Household Income 2. Population Density 3. Percentage of Young Population (14-34 years) 4. Distance to the Nearest Bus Stop

7. Building a Bicycle Rental System in San Francisco

8. Locating Bicycle Rental Stations

13. Analyzing the Proposed Bicycle Rental Stations

16. Expanding the System until 2020

17. Limitations  Criteria and Weights  Time-based Analysis: Assuming the Criteria to be Constant

18. Skills Utilized  Modeling  Measurement/Analysis  Original Data  Extracting Information from a Buffer  Spatial Analysis  Network Analysis  Time-based Analysis  Insert Map  Creating an Index  Geocoding  Geoprocessing  Attribute Sub-sets Selections

19. Models

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