True Walking Distance to Transit

Alan Hoback, Scott Anderson and Utpal Dutta

Transportation Planning and Technology, 2008, vol. 31, issue 6, 681-692

Abstract: People riding transit in the city of Detroit walk on average 0.8 miles (1.3 km) per round trip. The straight-line walking distance was found by buffering the bus stop locations and comparing them to the weighted US Census blocks. However, the true walking path follows the street pattern. Rather than undertaking network analysis, which would require connecting all addresses in the city with all bus stops, a Monte Carlo simulation was performed in geographic information system with random addresses. The simulation was performed over several addresses until convergence was achieved. The distances were converted to walking times and compared to the US National Household Transportation Survey.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1080/03081060802492785

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