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Finnish Tech in LA

Last week, DCR was honored to be invited to be part of a discussion, between a Finnish Smart City business and research delegation and the City of LA, to talk about opportunities to decarbonize Los Angeles. The event took place…

Distracted? Then Please Don’t Drive

Distracted driving is a problem that we are all aware of, but it is also notoriously difficult to quantify the scale of. This is due to the wide array of distractions that impact car drivers, which increasingly cost in terms…

Let’s Take The Bus

Let’s Take The Bus In the United States, more than half of all trips taken are less than five miles long (source FHWA, 2022). It makes sense that many short trips could easily be done via active transportation (like walking…

Innovation through Collaboration

Local Challenges Inspire Student Teams at Interdisciplinary Hackathon DCR was proud to help sponsor, mentor and judge the 5th Annual Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Camp PolyHacks hackathon – which took place January 21-22, 2023 at the CIE Hothouse in…

October is Pedestrian Safety Month!

October is Pedestrian Safety Month! As stated by the US Department of Transportation, “walking can lead to healthier, quieter, cleaner, and safer streets. Walking can also improve local economies and enhance social and community engagement, which can lead to more…

The Metro K Line is open!

Transit is expanding in LA and we’re proud to be helping! DCR have been busy working on a range of maps for the opening of the new LA Metro K Line. This involved creating new station maps as well as…

SLO County Online Bike Map

SLO County Online Bike Map DCR is happy to announce the availability of a new web application for the County of San Luis Obispo. In addition to bikeway infrastructure, the map shows MTB and hiking trails along with trailheads, bus…

The Power of Stories and Visuals

The Power of Stories and Visuals We recently helped the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments launch their first ever Active Transportation Plan. Together with project partners Pedal Love, we used storytelling from community members and visual information design to…

Find DCR in the ESRI Gallery

Find DCR in the ESRI Map Gallery Every year ESRI collects a wide range of mapping products made by users all over the world and displays them in an online map gallery together with a printed book. This year, our…

Divided By The Highway

Divided By The Highway A study of demographic characteristics in cities divided by a highway barrier Highways, freeways and railways are physical barriers, often dividing our communities – splitting a city in parts. The question is if such division has…

Sweden continues positive Vision Zero trend in 2017

Sweden continues positive Vision Zero trend in 2017 253 Swedish crash deaths in 2017 – lowest number in modern times New statistics from the Swedish Transport Administration show that measures taken to reduce deaths in traffic are working. (DCR Design…

Mapping Real Estate Values

Understanding the patterns and trends for real estate valuations is important for: city planning, identifying demographic imbalances and in revealing investment opportunities. Visualizing this data in maps provides accessible insights that are otherwise difficult to gain. The following map animation shows the…