Schema Design’s project, feature the transit patterns of individuals in each city, giving a very intense look at the way in which people navigate within these cities. Designers, Christian Marc Schmidt and Sergei Larionov, wrote about the three below videos:
Ridership is an identifier for how cities are utilized—whether they are centralized, decentralized or have multiple focal points, whether activity concentrates during rush hour as people are entering or leaving the city center(s), or whether activity is spread out over time. As the transit passenger data suggests, Geneva is centralized while Zurich appears to have multiple centers, and activity is concentrated during rush hours. Activity in San Francisco on the other hand is more evenly spread out, both spatially and over the course of the day. These insights are not only useful for city planners and transit authorities, who can get a sense of what areas see high and low ridership and understand what areas are underserved by public transit.
Below, the videos show transit ridership in public transportation over 24 hours, depicting what areas of the city have the most activity and when.
San Francisco.-
This is a visualization of San Francisco from the series "Transit Patterns".
Zurich.-
This is a visualization of Zurich from the series "Transit Patterns".
Geneva.-
This is a visualization of Geneva from the series "Transit Patterns".
