Hello! I am trying to determine if a network analysis is the best way to solve this problem or if there is another ArcGIS Pro tool that would get me the result I am looking for.
I work in bikeshare and a 1000-foot buffer is standard for a station's service area. Currently, we create a regular buffer to look at a 1000-foot radius around the station. However, this method only considers "as the crow flies" and doesn't take into account the network that pedestrians would have to take to access the station. We are looking to create a shapefile that shows every possible way that people could walk 1000 feet or less to access a station assuming they are using the sidewalks. I imagine this will look like multiple lines all joining at the center point that follow the street network and are 1000 feet in length.
Based on my research, it seems that a network dataset and analysis are the steps to get my desired result. Does anyone have any advice on whether this is the right process or if there is another tool I can use to create this dataset?
