{"id":5572,"date":"2025-05-29T23:50:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T23:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/?page_id=5572"},"modified":"2025-05-29T23:56:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T23:56:14","slug":"mean-commuting-time-in-nct","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/dashboards\/mean-commuting-time-in-nct\/","title":{"rendered":"Mean Commuting Time in NCT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mean Commuting Time Trends Across NCT Counties (2009\u20132023)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Dashboard Components:<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;Trend Line Chart (Top Panel)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Displays the&nbsp;<strong>year-over-year commuting time trend<\/strong>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<strong>2009 to 2023<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shows the&nbsp;<strong>average across all counties<\/strong>, updating when a county is selected from the right filter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interactive: Use the&nbsp;<strong>County filter<\/strong>&nbsp;to view trends for individual counties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;Geospatial County Map (Bottom-Left Panel)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A&nbsp;<strong>filled map of North Central Texas counties<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Counties are&nbsp;<strong>shaded based on their Mean Commuting Time<\/strong>&nbsp;for the selected year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hovering displays exact commuting times<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>County selection synchronizes the&nbsp;<strong>trend line<\/strong>&nbsp;above and&nbsp;<strong>bar chart<\/strong>&nbsp;to the right<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;Horizontal Bar Chart (Bottom-Right Panel)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Compares&nbsp;<strong>Mean Commuting Times across all 24 counties<\/strong>&nbsp;for the&nbsp;<strong>selected year<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helps identify&nbsp;<strong>outlier counties<\/strong>&nbsp;(e.g., highest and lowest values)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dynamic<\/strong>: Responds to year and county selection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Key Interactions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f518\/72.png\" alt=\"Use the \ud83d\udd18 button to view data for a specific county\" style=\"\">&nbsp;<strong>County Filter (Top-Right)<\/strong>: View data for a specific county<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f4c5\/72.png\" alt=\"Use the\ud83d\udcc5 calendar to view changes by year in the map\" style=\"\">&nbsp;<strong>Year Filter (Bottom-Right)<\/strong>: Changes year in map and bar chart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f9e0\/72.png\" alt=\"Clicking \ud83e\udde0a county in the map updates all other views\">&nbsp;<strong>Map Click<\/strong>: Clicking a county in the map updates all other views<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tooltip shows precise values across all visualizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Insights Example (2023):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Highest commuting time<\/strong>: Kaufman County \u2013 35.37 mins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lowest commuting time<\/strong>: Brown County \u2013 19.19 mins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regional variation is evident, possibly influenced by population density, transportation infrastructure, or employment hubs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Purpose:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This dashboard helps transportation planners, policymakers, 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