Automating bus stop connections with network

Question

I have a network dataset that contains streets, bus routes and bus stops. The bus stops are not aligned to the street so many don't have "Edge Source"; is there a way to automate creating hundreds of lines connecting the bus stops to the road? Perhaps a buffer tolerance or something?

Melinda Morang · Answer

Why won't the method described on the other thread work?  Just create multiple points for each park corresponding to each road intersection with the park and use those as the facilities.

ChristopherCowin · Answer

I've run into another issue, I added the facilities as XY data (park centroids) but when I go to run the Service Area tool it says that the point is unlocated.

I assume this is because most park centroids are not close to a road? Unsure of how to proceed to allow a facility to be a polygon (or an equivalent function). Found this​ question that you responded too, although it doesn't seem an answer was found. I have the same issue as the original asker that I have thousands of parks and can't really perform anything on a manual basis.

Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Melinda Morang · Answer

Yes, put the stops and the snapped stops in the same feature class temporarily so you can run Points to Line.  Use the unique ID of the stops for the Line Field parameter (like if you have a stop id value or something).  This makes it so an individual line will be drawn between the stop's original position and its snapped position.