From straight-line walking to network-based walking

In one sentence

Potential value: access time, transfer time, stop choice.

Why it matters

In a simple setup, walking to a stop is straight-line distance × detour factor ÷ walking speed — the same for every street layout. Routed through the street network, the path follows the sidewalks, includes crossings and, where signal data exist, a delay at the signalised crossing. That changes access time, transfer time and sometimes the choice of stop.

A network is more than its total demand: where the vehicle fills, where people wait, where a feeder change shifts transfers. Reading a line stop by stop, from one simulation run, is the difference between a forecast and a planning tool.

Sources

• Schematic illustration; values are illustrative

What you see

1. 00.0Straight-line access
2. 05.0Network-based path
3. 08.0Signalised crossing
4. 11.0Potential value

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