Where the Freeways were built (1970s)

In this map of the project, I introduce my own graphic to represent my subjective opinion of how much the freeways built effect the surrounding city blocks, as it plays a critical role in how I make my argument. Using hatched circles, I use the size of the circle to represent various effects caused by the freeways. This includes environmental effects like sound and pollution, and the amount of homes and people displaced. A critique of this use of graphics is that the sizing is not based on an exact metric but rather my own opinion. Moving forward, I should research primary data to better reinforce my arguments.

Another critique of the hatched circles is that they visually compete with the rest of the information on the map, such as the street grid. I may improve on this by exploring different hatches and their scaling and perhaps color as well.