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Kit Nga Chou
I am an urban planner passionate about sustainability, mobility, and inclusive community development.


Recent Projects
Urban Mobility Index

HypoCity PINK, OK 2040 Comprehensive Plan

Converted Housing: Vacant Offices to Affordable Homes

Public Transit in the Pandemic

Is New York Family-Friendly? Analyzing Spatial Distribution of NY Families

Snapcycle

GSAPP UP Thesis (Intergenerational Togetherness)
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Public Transit in the Pandemic



Project Scope:
In this project, I investigated the impact of COVID-19 on Citi Bike usage in NYC and the equitable distribution of Citi Bike docking stations across the city, utilizing publicly available Citi Bike data. With Python, I conducted a comprehensive analysis and visualization of Citi Bike usage patterns before the pandemic, during the peak of the initial COVID wave, and as the city began to lift restrictions. The Python packages I utilized for this research included Pandas, Geopandas, Plotly, NetworkX, Matplotlib, and Seaborn.

My findings revealed a correlation between the decline in subway ridership in Manhattan and an upswing in Citi Bike usage, particularly in commercial areas like Midtown. However, this relationship was not observed in more residential neighborhoods such as the East Village. These insights shed light on the nuanced dynamics of transportation shifts during the various phases of the pandemic in different urban contexts.

A network analysis map indicating the trips between Citi bike docking stations 

September– December 2021