Jeff Allen

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recent chart showing voter turnout in recent municipal elections in Ontario -- -- couple more charts here: schoolofcities.github.io/posts/voter-...

recent cool project by my colleague Aniket Kali clustering neighbourhoods in Toronto by voting patterns schoolofcities.github.io/place-and-po...

recent iterations of maps showing ~8 months of bike share trip data in toronto #toronto #maps #dataviz

recent scrolly/animated map of tours for visiting public libraries by transit check out more by @lanrickbennett.bsky.social @uoftcities.bsky.social here: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/opportunitie...

recent maps/analysis led by Polina Gorn on transit + walking proximity to public libraries in Toronto see more here: schoolofcities.github.io/posts/spatia...

recent collab with @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social -- -- created a few interactive maps/charts showing correlation between neighbourhood characteristics and mayoral election results in Toronto since amalgamation -- -- view here: schoolofcities.github.io/place-and-po...

updating a base map of Toronto this morning, trying to balance landscape + infrastructure -- -- higher-res here: jamaps.github.io/maps/toronto...

made a quick chart of Bike Share activity before, during, and after the World Cup game yesterday in Toronto ----- more charts here :) schoolofcities.github.io/fifa-world-c...

photos of the lovely new east don trail from yesterday #biketo #walkto

recently sketched an elevation profile of yonge st, from lake ontario to holland marsh -- higher-res here: jamaps.github.io/maps/yonge-e...

couple quick photos of Lawrence West station while passing through yesterday afternoon -- #toronto #transit #ttc #architecture #photography

two different views of Cedarvale station today #toronto #transit #ttc

mix of architecture at four corners of niagara and adelaide this morning #toronto #photography

recent view along walnut ave #toronto #photography

here's a recent chart of travel mode share by age in toronto --- can view more (and interactive) charts created by Polina Gorn and I here: schoolofcities.github.io/transportati...

recent experiment mapping population density in toronto in a 3d/voxel style with three.js --- higher res: jamaps.github.io/maps/tor-pop... --- #maps #gis #toronto #threejs

recently updated a few charts showing growth in bike share ridership in toronto --- view more here: schoolofcities.github.io/bike-share-t... #toronto #cycling #data

recently charting travel times along 510 Spadina, comparing October 2025 to March 2026 --- (the ~1min improvements approx. align with City's findings on impact of enhanced transit signal priority at king, dundas, and college) #toronto #transit #ttc #dataviz

a few views of new (2025) city of toronto aerial imagery that i was looking at earlier today --- added it to compare with historical imagery on our interactive page here: schoolofcities.github.io/historical-a... #toronto #aerial #gis

recently made this little calendar (2025) to look at patterns in bike share toronto ridership higher-res: jamaps.github.io/maps/bike-sh... #toronto #cycling #data

A language map of Montreal by @jamaps.bsky.social which inspired a language map of NYC by me. These and much more in this week's (free) newsletter. www.howtoreadthisch.art/visualizatio...

recently mapped knowledge of french and english in montreal -- (bit of a tri-variate viz experiment) higher-res here: jamaps.github.io/maps/montrea... #montreal #maps #languages #geography

recently mapped knowledge of Arabic in/around Toronto higher-res: jamaps.github.io/maps/toronto... #toronto #qgis #maps #language #geography

recently updated a map showing growth of laneway housing / garden suites in Toronto (2018-2025) check out charts, interactive map, and a few words here: schoolofcities.github.io/gentle-densi... #toronto #maps #housing

Made a quick map of knowledge of Spanish in/around Toronto -- (This was a bit of an experiment - testing out a process of interpolating census data to a bivariate dot grid) Higher-res: jamaps.github.io/maps/toronto... #toronto #qgis #maps #language #geography

recent data doodle - trying to chart trip density along Line 1 in Toronto higher res. and a few words here: schoolofcities.github.io/transportati... #ggplot2 #dataviz #toronto #transit #ttc

always fun to look at old TTC maps like this one from 93 --- when the Harbourfront LRT had a bold line / rapid transit branding shortly after it opened img source: transittoronto.ca/archives/map... #toronto #ttc #maps

recently wrote a blog post about creating a website for viewing historical aerial imagery in Toronto check it out here! :) mdl.library.utoronto.ca/mdl-blog/cre... #toronto #history #maps #gis

little saturday experiment --- trying to parse out travel times and speeds from gtfs schedule data to style a route diagram for the new Eglinton Line 5 higher-res here: jamaps.github.io/maps/line5-t... #transit #toronto #maps #dataviz

check out these detailed maps by Isabeaux Graham showing land-use and demographics along the Eglinton Line 5 corridor higher res here: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/maps-of-line... #toronto #transit #maps #gis

recent dataviz tracking changes in development / building volumes along the Eglinton Line 5 corridor during its construction few words + higher res here: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/mapping-deve... #toronto #transit #maps #dataviz

passed a dot density map I made of snow plows in toronto through a kaleidoscope filter and it kindof looks like a snowflake ❄️

Toronto open data has some cool nighttime aerial imagery from 2020 can view it alongside other historical aerial imagery on our page here: schoolofcities.github.io/historical-a...

where do the snow plows go? little weekend project mapping density of ~21 million GPS locations of snow plows during 48-hour period of on/off snow fall in toronto #toronto #maps #gis #dataviz

made a quick interactive #map of building heights in #toronto (2025 data) big fan of #tippecanoe -> #pmtiles -> #maplibre -> #github pages workflow, can pretty easily take a ~300mb .shp like this and viz it in-browser (no fancy db, server, or saas hosting) schoolofcities.github.io/toronto-buil...

recent fun scrolly-maps by Aniket Kali and I on history of languages in Toronto schoolofcities.github.io/languages/to... #toronto #history #maps #languages

couple interesting maps of climate change vulnerability across Canada by Isabeaux Graham on our team check out more here: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/layers-of-cl... #maps #gis #canada #climateChange

here's a blueprint style map of the Annex (made this a few years ago, came to mind while working on something else recently) #maps #toronto

recently updated a grid gallery of my maps on my personal website/portfolio - check it out here :) jamaps.github.io/maps.html #maps #dataviz #gis

interesting short-lived TTC subway map from 2007 with 5 lines/routes source: transittoronto.ca/spare/0053.s... #toronto #transit #ttc #maps

made a map of Beirut yesterday testing out a textured-greyscale style this time #maps #beirut #rayshader #qgis #gimp

iterating on a map of Cuba via rayshader and gimp testing out some different coastline/hierarchy effects this time #cuba #rayshader #gimp #maps

more rayshader experimenting - made a quick map of Taiwan #taiwan #rayshader #maps

trying to learn how to use rayshader - made this map of Ireland during the process #ireland #rayshader #maps

iterating on a neon-topographic map style this evening #maps #qgis #gimp

Chart comparing minimum wages to local living wages across Canada Created by Isabeaux Graham on our team for this report: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u...