emily long

transit, bikes, and all things boston


about

Emily Long is a second year Master in City Planning (MCP) candidate in the Dept. of Urban Studies & Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology interested in transportation, open data, accessibility, and civic engagement.

Emily has worked with the City of Boston, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Conservation Law Foundation. She is currently completing an internship at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council with the Data Services team. She is a graduate of Colgate University, where she received a BA (Neuroscience). In addition to geeking out about bike infrastructure, she enjoys spending time in the mountains or on a kayak.

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Check out these visualizations!


Smelly Maps

The team behind Smelly Maps created a web tool that takes social media and network-generated data to create the "smellscape" of a city. Visit their website to check out the most characteristic smell of streets across 12 cities in the world, including Boston!

Smelly Maps


W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)

Data visualizations before the age of computers. Check out these beautiful, hand-drawn visualizations of economic life in Georgia for African-Americans by W. E. B. Du Bois.

Infographic: Income and Expenditure, W. E. B. Du Bois