I am wondering if GTFS and Generate Service Areas tools will be able to achieve what I need...
I have a set of data containing X trips with origins (O) and destinations (D) with a start time (ST) and an end time (ET).
I am looking to see if a public transit network can serve each individual trip - so the corresponding transit service will need to meet the following criterion:
- have a bus stop for pick up within 0.25 miles of O
- have a bus stop for drop off within 0.25 miles of D
- and the bus stop pick up needs to be within +/5 minutes of ST
- and the bus stop drop off needs to be within +/- 5 minutes of ET
If it meets ALL of the criterion, then we can say that transit could serve that individual trip
Whereas if 1+ criteria is not met, then we consider transit to not serve the individual trip
We must also consider the number of transit "jumps" needed to complete the trip IF it is considered to be serviced by transit - so if the trip meets all the above criterion, but requires the use of 3 different transit lines, and additional wait time, we need to determine that... but how?
Basically what I am trying to find out is:
For each individual trip...
What are the characteristics of the public transit trip that could serve it?
-Wait time
-Travel time
-Number of transit lines used if needed to switch lets say between the Blue line and Red line
-Walking distance from origin to pick up transit stop
-Walking distance from drop off transit stop to destination
-Trip cost (fare)
Are there any tools that can specifically solve this?
The dimension of time in ArcGIS tools is what I have the least knowledge about - I am not sure if it can incorporate this into the solver.