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Travel to work – showing the connections between the business and labor markets – is one of the defining factors of a regional economy. Travel-to-work data in Southeast Michigan suggests that
the SEMCOG region is connected by commuting flows that tie housing markets and job centers across the region into one very strong, cohesive inter-reliant region.
Using data from the Census Transportation Planning Package,
Commuting Patterns in Southeast Michigan, SEMCOG developed an interactive mapping tool that shows where people in Southeast Michigan commute to and from. Just click on a community and explore. Results will show the number of workers who live and work in
the selected community as well as the number of workers who commute to the selected community along with the community where they commute from in a bar chart. The map also colors in the commuting communities.
This
interactive mapping tool, found at http://semcog.org/mapping/commute_map/index.html is best viewed in Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Take a look and let us know what you think.
Contact:
Ann Burns, SEMCOG Data Analysis.
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