Uber Usage in OKC

[adaniel]

Yay for fun with maps! Uber recently released maps of the most commonly driven routes for their drivers. Here is the map for OKC:

https://www.uber.com/100/images/maps/184.png

I was having some trouble uploading the map on this so here is the link. If someone else can get it to load properly feel free.

Anyway, given the demographics of people who use uber, this map could basically be a primer on where the young, rich, and fabulous people in OKC live or are going. Downtown, Bricktown, and Midtown are well represented. Looks like it is also used pretty heavily along the Western Avenue corridor as well. What surprised me was how much use it gets in Mesta Park/Heritage Hills stretching up into the Paseo area, some of the historical neighborhoods west of Classen, and the area roughly around May and NWX.

Outside of these areas, the airport (for obvious reasons) and a smattering of neighborhood streets in NWOKC and Edmond, most of the city is dark.

Here is also a good read from the Atlantic concerning these uber maps: Uber's Usage Maps Are a Handy Tool for Finding the World's Rich, Young People - Leo Mirani and Herman Wong - The Atlantic Cities

[AP]

I posted both OKC and Tulsa's over in the uber thread, but was having a difficult time as well.

[adaniel]

Sorry andrew, as I now see where you posted. Guess I was tardy to the party!

Mods, feel free to lock if you wish.

[Teo9969]

And here I thought I was the only one who took that backroad to get to Quail from the west ;-).

We sure do love our highways in OKC…they look to be doing their job quite well.

But seriously, when you look at that map, you have to marvel at OKC's traffic infrastructure, especially when you compare it to other major cities.

I wouldn't be surprised if the OKC Metro area, with proper urban fabric that promotes walkability, localized living in the core, could support exponentially more people than we have now…like 4M-5M without feeling much of a bump. A couple areas would need to be addressed, but for all the complaining, when you look at the traffic infrastructure most cities have to deal with especially some of the bigger ones, you can't help but think OKC's got some good things going for it.