Bicycle LTS - Network [Pennsylvania]
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- Bicycle LTS - Network [Pennsylvania]
- Description
- Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) is a road classification technique based on the comfort of bicyclists in the traffic stream. One commonly used LTS framework ranges from LTS 1 to LTS 4, classifying road segments that would be comfortable for any bicyclist to segments that only the fearless would brave on a bicycle, respectively. Over the past several years, a variety of papers have been written about different methods for assigning LTS values to road segments and how these LTS values have been used to inform planning and infrastructure decisions through connectivity analysis. Since demand modeling for bicycling is absent from many regional travel demand models (including DVRPC's), a measure of the potential use of a bicycle facility is difficult to obtain. Instead of focusing on demand, bicycle network connectivity is often used as an accessibility metric. Much of the connectivity analysis in prior research compared existing conditions to a "bike-plan buildout" scenario, or similar, to compare project merits. This project, instead, provides an example of a different type of LTS and network connectivity application.For detailed information about the data in this layer please goto theDVRPC Bicycle LTS and Connectivity Analysis Documentation.attributedescriptiondata typegidunique identifierLonglengthsegment lengthdoubletotnumlaneTotal number of laneslongspeed_ltsestimated vehicle travel speedlongtypenoroadway type from DVRPC's regional travel demand modeltextlinkltslevel of traffic stress factor used to calculate shortest pathsdoubleslope_percpercent slope of segmentdoubleslopefacmultiplier used to account for slope when calculating shortest pathsdoublelts_scoreAssigned level of traffic stresstextbikefacilitype of bicycle facility on segmenttextmain_resultsindicates if a segment is part of the top 50 percent of LTS 3 segments in terms of the number of low stress paths it could enable if improvedtextmain_results_ipdindicates if a segment is part of the top 50 percent of LTS 3 segments in terms of the number of low stress paths it could enable if improved in the IPD weighted shortest path anlaysistextmain_priorityindicates segment ranking based on the number of shortest paths connected by this segment in the standard shortest path analysis; only includes LTS 3 segments; lower number (such as 10) indicates higher priority (top 10 percent)doublemain_priority_ipdindicates segment ranking based on the number of shortest paths connected by this segment in the IPD weighted shortest path analysis; only includes LTS 3 segments; lower number (such as 10) indicates higher priority (top 10 percent)doubletransit_prioritiessegment would enable the most low stress paths standard shortest path analysis using transit stops as destinations; only includes LTS 3 segmentstexttransit_priorities_ipdsegment would enable the most low stress paths in the IPD weighted shortest path analysis using transit stops as destinations; only includes LTS 3 segmentstexttrails_prioritiessegment would enable the most low stress paths in the standard shortest path analysis using trail access points as destinations; only includes LTS 3 segmentstexttrails_priorities_ipdsegment would enable the most low stress paths in the IPD weighted shortest path analysis using trail access points as destinations; only includes LTS 3 segmentstextschools_prioritiessegment would enable the most low stress paths in the standard shortest path analysis using schools as destinations; only includes LTS 3 segmentstextschools_priorities_ipdsegment would enable the most low stress paths in the IPD weighted shortest path analysis using schools as destinations; only includes LTS 3 segmentstext
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- DVRPC-GIS
- Temporal Coverage
- Last modified 2024-07-29
- Date Issued
- 2022-03-08
- Access Rights
- Public
- Format
- Shapefile
- Language
- English
- Date Added
- August 28, 2025
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DVRPC-GIS (2022). Bicycle LTS - Network [Pennsylvania]. . https://dvrpc-dvrpcgis.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/dvrpcgis::bicycle-lts-network (dataset) -
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