Below, I identify street intersections in University City where infrastructural pedestrian improvements might be most beneficial. I mapped locations of schools, churches, senior centers or senior housing, daycares, transit hubs, and locations where cars crashed into pedestrians or bicyclists from 2010 to 2017. Around each location, I created a 150 meter circular buffer (for crash locations, I used 2d kernel density estimation to create contours of areas of highest crash density).
The buffer/contour areas represent sensitive pedestrian areas. Each type (school, church, etc.) is weighted equally, and priority areas for pedestrian improvements are defined here as areas where multiple “sensitive zones” overlap. This analysis does not take into account pedestrian traffic numbers.
The map below displays locations of schools, churches, senior centers/housing, daycares, transit hubs, and crashes. You can mark/unmark boxes to show or hide different layers.
The map below displays 150 meter radius buffers (a somewhat arbitrary distance) around different locations, as well as kernel density contours for crash locations with pedestrians and bicyclists.
The map below displays priority areas for pedestrian improvements, which I am defining here as areas where different “sensitive zones” overlap. The map displays the number of sensitive zones that overlap in each location in University City.
| Intersection | Number of overlaps |
|---|---|
| S 45TH ST & CHESTNUT ST | 7 |
| S MELVILLE ST & WALNUT ST | 7 |
| S 45TH ST & IONIC ST | 7 |
| S 45TH ST & SANSOM ST | 7 |
| S 45TH ST & MORAVIAN ST | 6 |
| N 40TH ST & FILBERT ST | 5 |
| S 46TH ST & SANSOM ST | 5 |
| S 45TH ST & WALNUT ST | 5 |
| S 37TH ST & CHESTNUT ST | 5 |
| S 39TH ST & WALNUT ST | 5 |
| S 39TH ST & LUDLOW ST | 5 |
| N 39TH ST & MARKET ST | 5 |
| N 40TH ST & MARKET ST | 5 |
| S 40TH ST & LUDLOW ST | 5 |
| FILBERT ST & SLOAN ST | 5 |
| S 39TH ST & SPRUCE ST | 4 |
| S 48TH ST & LOCUST ST | 4 |
| S 46TH ST & WALNUT ST | 4 |
| S 46TH ST & LUDLOW ST | 4 |
| S 46TH ST & CHESTNUT ST | 4 |
| BUCKINGHAM PL & WALNUT ST | 4 |
| HANSON ST & WALNUT ST | 4 |
| S 37TH ST & SANSOM ST | 4 |
| S 37TH ST & LUDLOW ST | 4 |
| S 38TH ST & CHESTNUT ST | 4 |
| S 38TH ST & SANSOM ST | 4 |
| S 39TH ST & LOCUST WALK | 4 |
| N 39TH ST & FILBERT ST | 4 |
| S 39TH ST & IRVING ST | 4 |
| 34TH ST & MARKET ST | 3 |
| S 34TH ST & LUDLOW ST | 3 |
| BALTIMORE AVE & SAINT MARKS ST | 3 |
| S 42ND ST & BALTIMORE AVE | 3 |
| S 48TH ST & SPRUCE ST | 3 |
| CHESTNUT ST & FARRAGUT ST | 3 |
| S 49TH ST & WALNUT ST | 3 |
| S 48TH ST & WALNUT ST | 3 |
| S 47TH ST & LOCUST ST | 3 |
| S 49TH ST & SANSOM ST | 3 |
| FARRAGUT ST & SANSOM ST | 3 |
| S 45TH ST & LUDLOW ST | 3 |
| FILBERT ST & PENN PRESBYTERIAN DWY | 3 |
| S 37TH ST & WALNUT ST | 3 |
| S 36TH ST & SANSOM ST | 3 |
| S 36TH ST & CHESTNUT ST | 3 |
| S 36TH ST & LUDLOW ST | 3 |
| S 38TH ST & LUDLOW ST | 3 |
| S 38TH ST & WALNUT ST | 3 |
| 38TH ST & MARKET ST | 3 |
| S 39TH ST & SANSOM ST | 3 |
| S 40TH ST & SANSOM ST | 3 |
| S 39TH ST & CHESTNUT ST | 3 |
| S 41ST ST & CHESTNUT ST | 3 |
| SAINT MARKS ST & DEAD END | 3 |
| N 34TH ST & FILBERT ST | 2 |
| FILBERT ST & WARREN ST | 2 |
| MORAVIAN ST & SANSOM ST | 2 |
| S 34TH ST & MORAVIAN ST | 2 |
| S 34TH ST & CHESTNUT ST | 2 |
| S 34TH ST & SANSOM ST | 2 |
| CONVENTION AVE & SOUTH ST | 2 |
| FLORENCE AVE & S SAINT BERNARD ST | 2 |
| S 49TH ST & PENTRIDGE ST | 2 |
| S 49TH ST & BALTIMORE AVE | 2 |
| S 49TH ST & FLORENCE AVE | 2 |
| S 48TH ST & WALTON AVE | 2 |
| S 47TH ST & WINDSOR ST | 2 |
| S 47TH ST & SPRINGFIELD AVE | 2 |
| S 46TH ST & SPRINGFIELD AVE | 2 |
| FARRAGUT TER & SPRINGFIELD AVE | 2 |
| S 43RD ST & SPRUCE ST | 2 |
| SAINT MARKS ST & SPRUCE ST | 2 |
| DELANCEY ST & SAINT MARKS ST | 2 |
| S 42ND ST & SPRUCE ST | 2 |
| S 45TH ST & BALTIMORE AVE | 2 |
| BALTIMORE AVE & SPRINGFIELD AVE | 2 |
| S 43RD ST & CHESTER AVE | 2 |
| S 42ND ST & CHESTER AVE | 2 |
| S 43RD ST & BALTIMORE AVE | 2 |
| S 43RD ST & LARCHWOOD AVE | 2 |
| S 45TH ST & SPRINGFIELD AVE | 2 |
| S 46TH ST & CEDAR AVE | 2 |
| S 46TH ST & BALTIMORE AVE | 2 |
| S 38TH ST & UNIVERSITY AVE | 2 |
| S 48TH ST & BALTIMORE AVE | 2 |
| HANSON ST & SPRUCE ST | 2 |
| S 48TH ST & PINE ST | 2 |
| HANSON ST & PINE ST | 2 |
| S 47TH ST & SPRUCE ST | 2 |
| S 47TH ST & WALNUT ST | 2 |
| S 40TH ST & CHESTNUT ST | 2 |
| S 42ND ST & RANSTEAD ST | 2 |
| S 49TH ST & WALTON AVE | 2 |
| FILBERT ST & WIOTA ST | 2 |
| FARRAGUT ST & LUDLOW ST | 2 |
| FARRAGUT ST & LOCUST ST | 2 |
| HANSON ST & LOCUST ST | 2 |
| S 49TH ST & CHANCELLOR ST | 2 |
| S 48TH ST & SANSOM ST | 2 |
| S 47TH ST & SANSOM ST | 2 |
| FARRAGUT ST & WALNUT ST | 2 |
| LOCUST ST & SAINT MARKS SQ | 2 |
| S 37TH ST & LOCUST WALK | 2 |
| S 36TH ST & WALNUT ST | 2 |
| N 36TH ST & MARKET ST | 2 |
| N 38TH ST & FILBERT ST | 2 |
| S 37TH ST | 2 |
| S 40TH ST & WALNUT ST | 2 |
| S 40TH ST & LOCUST ST | 2 |
| S 42ND ST & LOCUST ST | 2 |
| S 42ND ST & CHESTNUT ST | 2 |
| MARKET ST & N PRESTON ST | 2 |
| S 41ST ST & MARKET ST | 2 |
| S 41ST ST & LUDLOW ST | 2 |
| S 42ND ST & CHESTNUT ST | 2 |
| S 41ST ST & CHESTNUT ST | 2 |
| S 43RD ST & LOCUST ST | 2 |
| CHESTNUT ST & S FALLON ST | 2 |
| S 47TH ST & CHESTNUT ST | 2 |
| S 38TH ST & LOCUST WALK | 2 |
| N 33RD ST & HAMILTON ST | 1 |
| N 34TH ST & SPRING GARDEN ST | 1 |
| N 33RD ST & BARING ST | 1 |
| N 34TH ST & HAMILTON ST | 1 |
| LANCASTER AVE & N SHEDWICK ST | 1 |
| S 33RD ST & LUDLOW ST | 1 |
| N 33RD ST & MARKET ST | 1 |
| S 33RD ST & CHESTNUT ST | 1 |
| S 34TH ST & WALNUT ST | 1 |
| S 33RD ST & WALNUT ST | 1 |
| N 35TH ST & LANCASTER AVE | 1 |
| N 35TH ST & POWELTON AVE | 1 |
| N 34TH ST & BARING ST | 1 |
| N 30TH ST & JOHN F KENNEDY BLVD | 1 |
| N 34TH ST & ARCH ST | 1 |
| N 34TH ST & LANCASTER AVE | 1 |
| S 33RD ST & SOUTH ST | 1 |
| S 34TH ST & SPRUCE ST | 1 |
| S 48TH ST & WARRINGTON AVE | 1 |
| S 49TH ST & BEAUMONT ST | 1 |
| BALTIMORE AVE & WILLOWS AVE | 1 |
| S MARKOE ST & YOCUM ST | 1 |
| S 45TH ST & CHESTER AVE | 1 |
| S 47TH ST & CHESTER AVE | 1 |
| S 48TH ST & TRINITY ST | 1 |
| S 42ND ST & PINE ST | 1 |
| S 42ND ST & OSAGE AVE | 1 |
| S 41ST ST & BALTIMORE AVE | 1 |
| S 41ST ST & PINE ST | 1 |
| PINE ST & S PRESTON ST | 1 |
| S 40TH ST & BALTIMORE AVE | 1 |
| S 40TH ST & PINE ST | 1 |
| BALTIMORE AVE & S MELVILLE ST | 1 |
| CHESTER AVE & FARRAGUT TER | 1 |
| S 48TH ST & KINGSESSING AVE | 1 |
| S 44TH ST & BALTIMORE AVE | 1 |
| S 47TH ST & UPLAND ST | 1 |
| S 47TH ST & KINGSESSING AVE | 1 |
| S 47TH ST & REGENT ST | 1 |
| REGENT ST & DEAD END | 1 |
| S 48TH ST & SPRINGFIELD AVE | 1 |
| S 48TH ST & BEAUMONT ST | 1 |
| BALTIMORE AVE & WOODLAND TER | 1 |
| WOODLAND AVE & WOODLAND TER | 1 |
| S 46TH ST & HAZEL AVE | 1 |
| S 49TH ST & PINE ST | 1 |
| S 49TH ST & SPRUCE ST | 1 |
| S 47TH ST & BALTIMORE AVE | 1 |
| S 47TH ST & WARRINGTON AVE | 1 |
| BALTIMORE AVE & FARRAGUT TER | 1 |
| BALTIMORE AVE & CEDAR AVE | 1 |
| S 39TH ST & DELANCEY ST | 1 |
| CURIE BLVD & EAST SERVICE DR | 1 |
| CURIE BLVD & OSLER CIR | 1 |
| S 33RD ST & UPENN DWY | 1 |
| S 34TH ST & CHANCELLOR ST | 1 |
| S 34TH ST & SMITH WALK | 1 |
| S 36TH ST & SPRUCE ST | 1 |
| S 36TH ST & HAMILTON WALK | 1 |
| HAMILTON WALK & DEAD END | 1 |
| S 49TH ST & CHESTNUT ST | 1 |
| S 50TH ST & WALNUT ST | 1 |
| N 41ST ST & FILBERT ST | 1 |
| RANSTEAD ST & DEAD END | 1 |
| EAST SERVICE DR & GUARDIAN DR | 1 |
| HAMILTON WALK & UNIVERSITY AVE | 1 |
| S 47TH ST & REINHARD ST | 1 |
| S 48TH ST & REINHARD ST | 1 |
| S 48TH ST & UPLAND ST | 1 |
| N 41ST ST & MARKET ST | 1 |
| N 42ND ST & MARKET ST | 1 |
| N 42ND ST & FILBERT ST | 1 |
| S 46TH ST & LOCUST ST | 1 |
| S 49TH ST & LOCUST ST | 1 |
| S 50TH ST & SANSOM ST | 1 |
| S 44TH ST & WALNUT ST | 1 |
| PENN PRESBYTERIAN DWY & DEAD END | 1 |
| S 36TH ST & LOCUST WALK | 1 |
| LOCUST WALK & WOODLAND WALK | 1 |
| S 37TH ST & SPRUCE ST | 1 |
| N 33RD ST & LANCASTER WALK | 1 |
| LANCASTER AVE & DEAD END | 1 |
| S 33RD ST & S 34TH ST | 1 |
| S 34TH ST & CIVIC CENTER BLVD | 1 |
| CIVIC CENTER BLVD & EAST SERVICE DR | 1 |
| CHILDRENS HOSPITAL DWY & CIVIC CENTER BLVD | 1 |
| CHILDRENS HOSPITAL DWY & DEAD END | 1 |
| OSLER CIR | 1 |
| N 36TH ST & WARREN ST | 1 |
| N 35TH ST & PEARL ST | 1 |
| S 37TH ST & MARKET ST | 1 |
| N 36TH ST & FILBERT ST | 1 |
| N 36TH ST & PEARL ST | 1 |
| N 37TH ST & PEARL ST | 1 |
| N 35TH ST & BARING ST | 1 |
| N 36TH ST & BARING ST | 1 |
| S HOLLY ST & DEAD END | 1 |
| N 37TH ST & POWELTON AVE | 1 |
| N 37TH ST & LANCASTER AVE | 1 |
| LOCUST ST & S PRESTON ST | 1 |
| S 42ND ST & SANSOM ST | 1 |
| S 41ST ST & SANSOM ST | 1 |
| S 49TH ST & MARKET ST | 1 |
| N 49TH ST & MARKET ST | 1 |
| MARKET ST & N SAINT BERNARD ST | 1 |
| 30TH LOWER LEVEL ST & LUDLOW ST | 1 |
| 30TH LOWER LEVEL ST & DEAD END | 1 |
| CHANCELLOR ST & DEAD END | 1 |
| S 41ST ST & WALNUT ST | 1 |
| S 42ND ST & WALNUT ST | 1 |
| FILBERT ST & N PRESTON ST | 1 |
| S 42ND ST & LUDLOW ST | 1 |
| S 44TH ST & IONIC ST | 1 |
| S 44TH ST & SANSOM ST | 1 |
| S 44TH ST & MORAVIAN ST | 1 |
| S 48TH ST & CHESTNUT ST | 1 |
| S 49TH ST & LUDLOW ST | 1 |
| S 50TH ST & LUDLOW ST | 1 |
| S 33RD ST & S 34TH ST | 1 |
| S 33RD ST | 1 |
| N 36TH ST & POWELTON AVE | 1 |
| S 40TH ST & IRVING ST | 1 |
| S 36TH ST & WOODLAND WALK | 1 |
| CHANCELLOR ST & DEAD END | 1 |
| N 30TH ST & MARKET ST | 1 |