Summary

In this chapter, you have created a map book that highlights block groups along a suspended bus route with a high-percentage minority population. This information can be used to identify potential disproportionate impacts on minority communities that can be an environmental justice issue. It can also be used to give guidance on reopening bus routes by identifying the most impactful routes to reopen.

First, the layout template was created, with special attention paid to the settings that cannot be changed with ArcPy. Then you created a Notebook, in which you defined a reference community, selected a bus route, created a study area, and added it to the map. You selected block groups within your study area with a minority percentage greater than the reference community, added the study area and selected bus route to an inset map, ensured a readable legend, selected a block group and set the extent to it, and created a table on the map of the percentages of races in the block...