Data Stories: Working Remotely and Limiting Travel
These visualizations show how many people worked from home before the coronavirus pandemic and the effect the virus has had on city traffic.
- By Upside Staff
- April 1, 2020
![Overflow Data](/-/media/TDWI/Upside/newsletters/2020/04/040120VizWFHOverflow.jpg?h=291&w=500&hash=5B34251723395BA072D420324A08C21A)
This interactive visualization from Overflow Data shows where in the U.S. people worked from home regularly before this year.
![Citymapper Index](/-/media/TDWI/Upside/newsletters/2020/04/040120VizCitymapper.jpg?h=189&w=500&hash=613088C53A7690BA0FDF45823D39BEF0)
The City Mobility Index provided by urban travel app Citymapper is a fascinating snapshot of how little travel is going on in some places.
![Buzzfeed GIFs](/-/media/TDWI/Upside/newsletters/2020/04/040120VizBFTrafficGIfs.jpg?h=327&w=500&hash=CF89175D0B9E676A7556A541C108B5D0)
To show the effect of COVID-19 on individual cities, Buzzfeed collected these GIFs that effectively demonstrate the difference between normal traffic and recent traffic.
Editor's Note:
More COVID-19 news is available at our sister websites, FCW and GCN.