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This object contains traffic analysis zones (TAZ) sourced from the 2016 Transportation Tomorrow Survey (TTS) in the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) area.

Usage

data(ggh_taz)

Format

A simple feature class (sf) polygon object containing 3764 rows and 10 variables; each row represents a unique TAZ with associated features.

GTA06

Unique ID of the traffic analysis zone (TAZ).

AREA

Area of TAZ in units of km^2.

REGION

Retrieved from the ggh_pd object. It is a unique ID corresponding with the greater region that each planning district (PD) is part of so filtering and analysis, by PD, is simplified.

CMAUID

Retrieved from the ggh_cma object. It is a unique identifier for each census metropolitan area (CMA)/census agglomeration (CA). Within, filtering and analysis that can be easily linked to the census data, is simplified.

workers

The number of full-time workers in the TAZ.

jobs

The number of full-time workers who declare their typical place of employment in the TAZ.

LTGO_split

The percentage of full-time work related trips made from that origin to that destination using local transit and/or GO transit (regional transit) as a primary mode.

W_split

The percentage of full-time work related trips made from that origin to that destination using a bicyle as a primary mode.

BC_split

The percentage of full-time work related trips made from that origin to that destination by walking as a primary mode.

geometry

The sfc polygon geometry (boundaries) of the TAZ.

Source

"2016 Transportation Tomorrow Survey" from Data Management Group accessed November 14 2021.