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Daniel Johnson

library(tidyverse)
library(leaflet)
library(sf)
library(tidycensus)

ridership <- read_delim("Boardings_by_Route_Table.csv", delim = "\t", locale = locale(encoding = "UTF-16LE"), trim_ws = TRUE)
#ridership <- read_csv("Boardings_by_Route_Table.csv")
#ridership <- read_csv("Boardings_by_Route_Table.csv", locale = locale(encoding = "UTF-16LE"))
#stations <- read_csv("Metro_Stations_Regional.csv", locale = locale(encoding = "UTF-16LE"))
stations <- read_csv("Metro_Stations_Regional.csv")

Edits made: added states, counties, silver line to new carrelton

stations <- stations |>
  select(-c(8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16))
ridership <- ridership |>
  mutate(total_ridership = `AM Peak (Open-9:30am)` + `Midday (9:30am-3pm)` + `PM Peak (3pm-7pm)` + `Evening (7pm-12am)` + `Late Night (12am-Close)`)
station_data <- st_as_sf(stations, coords = c("X", "Y"), crs = 3857)
station_data <- st_transform(station_data, 4326)
merged <- left_join(
  station_data, ridership,
  by = c("NAME" = "Station Name")
)

plot 1

plot 2

counties <- get_acs(
  geography = "county",
  variables = "B01001_001",  # dummy variable just to get geometry
  state = c("DC", "MD", "VA"),
  year = 2023,
  geometry = TRUE
)
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counties <- counties |>
  filter(GEOID == 11001 | GEOID == 24031 | GEOID == 24033 | GEOID == 51107 | GEOID == 51510 | GEOID == 51013 | GEOID == 51059 | GEOID == 51600 | GEOID == 51610)
line_colors <-
  c("blue" = "#0c73a6",
    "yellow" = "#f9cb27",
    "orange" = "#e98a2f",
    "green" = "#029d49",
    "red" = "#d1213b",
    "silver" = "#999b96",
    "green, yellow" = "#029d49",
    "blue, orange, silver" = "#0c73a6",
    "blue, silver" = "#0c73a6",
    "blue, yellow" = "#f9cb27",
    "orange, silver" = "#e98a2f",
    "red, green" = "#d1213b",
    "red, blue, orange, silver" = "black",
    "green, yellow, orange, blue, silver" = "black",
    "red, green, yellow" = "blue")
leaflet(merged) |>
  addProviderTiles("Esri.WorldStreetMap") |>
  addCircles(
    radius = ~total_ridership / 20,
    fill = TRUE,
    fillColor = ~LINE,
    weight = 2,
    color = "black",
    opacity = 1,
    fillOpacity = 0.75
  ) |>
  addPolygons(
    data = counties,
    color = "black",
    fillOpacity = 0,
    weight = 2
  )
Warning: sf layer has inconsistent datum (+proj=longlat +datum=NAD83 +no_defs).
Need '+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84'

This map shows the locations of every metro station, sized proportionally to show the average weekday entries (an easily trackable metric for ridership). They are colored to show what line serves the station, however I could not get any stations with multiple lines to work without destroying the rest of the graph. I also added the counties served by the metro to show which stations serve not just particular states but counties as well. I wanted to use this to see what the top ridership stations were by county, but the handful of stations in the heart of downtown DC are so much higher then everything else that almost all stations not in the core of the network are tiny. I had to add black outlines to all the points so that the outer stations could actually be seen since they are so tiny.