In this thesis, an infrastructure informed index is developed for pedestrians and
bicyclists to relate the natural and built environment with its impact on perceived travel
distance and time. The objective is to develop an easy to use metric for use at all levels,
allowing transportation planners to make better informed decisions when planning or
redeveloping a city or area. Building off of similar research efforts, attributes are
determined and weighted to capture the characteristics of a link, then summed to create
the infrastructure informed index for pedestrians and bicyclists, respectively. These
indices are then visualized using ArcGIS mapping tools, creating a service area around
specific origin or destination points to see the effective area a pedestrian or bicyclist can
travel taking into account the effects of the infrastructure along the route. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/23643 |
| Date | 24 March 2014 |
| Creators | Necessary, Mallory Suzanne |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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