Esri offers insights into five new ways to analyze the success of transit service in cities of all kinds.
"Who are the people served by your city’s transit system? And who isn’t, but should be? How does transit change throughout the day? And what is the best way to analyze service areas?" These are the type of questions communities should be asking as they invest in public transit, according to Jennifer Bell, writing a post for Esri. The article explains the concepts behind five new ways to look at transit, as enabled by transit analysis technology.
- "Use Service Areas instead of Buffers."
- Transit trips per hour.
- Travel times changing during the day.
- Travel times to destinations.
- Adding demographic variables.
The article also includes a story map to illustrate these new ways looking at transit when examining a case study provided transit access to public libraries in Chicago, Illinois and transit availability in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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