A travel mode represents a means of transportation, such as driving or walking. It defines the physical characteristics of a vehicle or pedestrian. Those characteristics are considered when performing a network analysis to determine how the vehicle or pedestrian travels and where they can go.
Travel modes are used in analysis tools that use network analysis, such as Generate Travel Areas and Summarize Nearby. Travel modes can be configured by the administrator of your organization. The administrator can also add new travel modes or remove travel modes that are not necessary for your organization.
Driving time
Driving time models the movement of cars and other similar small automobiles, such as pickup trucks, and finds solutions that optimize travel time. This travel mode obeys one-way roads, avoids illegal turns, and follows other rules that are specific to cars.
Dynamic travel speeds based on live traffic are used where they are available when you specify a start time that is within four hours of the current time. Otherwise, historical traffic information is used to model typical traffic conditions for the specified time of day and day of week. If the start time is unspecified, the travel speeds are based on average historical speeds or posted speed limits. Posted speeds are used in areas where historical traffic information is not available.
Driving distance
Driving distance models the movement of cars and other similar small automobiles, such as pickup trucks, and finds solutions that optimize travel distance. This travel mode obeys one-way roads, avoids illegal turns, and follows other rules that are specific to cars.
When a departure time is specified, the solution isn't impacted since optimization is based on travel distance. However, the accumulated travel time may vary because traffic information is taken into consideration.
Trucking time
Trucking time models basic truck travel by preferring designated truck routes and finds solutions that optimize travel time. Routes must obey one-way roads, avoid illegal turns, and follow rules applicable to heavy trucks.
Dynamic travel speeds based on live traffic are used where they are available when you specify a start time that is within four hours of the current time. Otherwise, historical traffic information is used to model typical traffic conditions for the specified time of day and day of week. If the start time is unspecified, the travel speeds are based on average historical speeds or posted speed limits. Posted speeds are used in areas where historical traffic information is not available.
Trucking distance
Trucking distance models basic truck travel by preferring designated truck routes and finds solutions that optimize travel distance. Routes must obey one-way roads, avoid illegal turns, and follow rules applicable to heavy trucks.
When a departure time is specified, the solution isn't impacted since optimization is based on travel distance. However, the accumulated travel time may vary because traffic information is taken into consideration.
Walking time
Walking time finds solutions that optimize travel time for pedestrians. This travel mode allows travel on paths and roads that allow pedestrian traffic and restricts travel on roads where pedestrians are prohibited, such as highways.
Walking speed is set at 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) per hour. The walking speed can be configured by the administrator of your organization.
Walking distance
Walking distance finds solutions that optimize travel distance for pedestrians. This travel mode allows travel on paths and roads that allow pedestrian traffic and restricts travel on roads where pedestrians are prohibited, such as highways.
Rural driving time
Rural driving time models the movement of cars and other similar small automobiles, such as pickup trucks, and finds solutions that optimize travel time. This travel mode obeys one-way roads, avoids illegal turns, and follows other rules that are specific to cars but does not discourage travel on unpaved roads.
Dynamic travel speeds based on live traffic are used where they are available when you specify a start time that is within four hours of the current time. Otherwise, historical traffic information is used to model typical traffic conditions for the specified time of day and day of week. If the start time is unspecified, the travel speeds are based on average historical speeds or posted speed limits. Posted speeds are used in areas where historical traffic information is not available.
Rural driving distance
Rural driving distance models the movement of cars and other similar small automobiles, such as pickup trucks, and finds solutions that optimize travel distance. This travel mode obeys one-way roads, avoids illegal turns, and follows other rules that are specific to cars but does not discourage travel on unpaved roads.
When a departure time is specified, the solution isn't impacted since optimization is based on travel distance. However, the accumulated travel time may vary because traffic information is taken into consideration.
Custom travel modes
If the default travel modes do not fit the requirements for your analysis, your ArcGIS administrator can configure custom travel modes . For example, you can use the default walking time travel mode to configure a custom jogging time travel mode that uses the same rules as walking but has a higher speed appropriate for jogging.
Resources
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