Take this heat map of Boston’s September 1 moving permits as a warning
The arrival of thousands of students and young professionals will mean Boston’s streets are going to be more than a little chaotic during the September 1 move.
This week, Boston’s student population returns to the city as the academic year kicks off.
In case you haven’t been paying attention, the arrival of thousands of students and young professionals will mean Boston’s streets are going to be more than a little chaotic during the September 1 move.
How bad is it going to be get? Well, City of Boston’s principal data analyst Curt Savoie recently produced a heat map based on requests for moving permits (which became available online in early August). As you can see from the map the most activity is expected in Allston, Back Bay, South End, and a few other neighborhoods.
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The heat map is based on data from requests for moving permits. The Mayor’s chief of staff Daniel Koh described the visualization of moving permit data as “fantastic’’ to Boston Magazine.
From Boston Magazine:
“The more the city could be doing with data, and the more we could facilitate with the moving process, the better…It’s stressful enough as it is, so the more we can facilitate it with technology, the better.’’
If nothing else, perhaps the map will “facilitate’’ you staying out of these neighborhoods tomorrow, when they’re bound to be chaotic.
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