As acity managerfor a mid-sized city, you must be able toexamine patterns and trends to highlight organizational performance and support organizational strategic planning. One of the ways that is done is through analyzing the statistics. Still, just presenting the numbers is not always the most efficient way to present your analysis.

Scenario

You are a city manager for a mid-sized city that is anticipating increases in population and auto traffic as new industries move into the downtown area. Parking spaces are already hard to find and traffic congestion can be problematic for commuters and events like concerts and sports. Before considering adding additional parking, you think it is possible to use existing parking more effectively through a smart parking app that identifies parking space availability in different parking lots throughout the city in real-time.

In this assessment, you will demonstrate your skill ininformation visualizationwhen you present your recommendations to the City Council members who are responsible for deciding whether the city should invest in resources to set in motion the smart parking space app.

Preparation

Review theparking space usagefile.

dat565_v4_wk6_parking_space_usage.xlsx (live.com)

Select any 2 parking lots. For each one, review the scatter plot showing the occupancy rate at each time stamp during the week of 11/20/2022 -11/26/2022. Identify whether occupancy rates are time-dependent. If so, identify the times that seem to experience the highest occupancy rates.

Research "smart cities" to provide guidance and support for your presentation

make a 10- to 12-slide information visualization presentation (either PowerPoint or YouTube Video) including voice-over or screencast video (Voice-over is not needed for a PowerPoint as long as you have elaborate speaker notes for each slide). Include the following in your presentation:

• Outline the rationale and goals of the project.
• Analyze the box plot charts showing the occupancy rates for each day of the week and interpret the results.
• Analyze the box plot charts showing the occupancy rates for each parking lot and interpret the results.
• Choose 2 scatter plot charts showing the occupancy rate against the time of day for the week and interpret the results.
• Make a recommendation about continuing with the implementation of this project.