How to split an entire roadway network into segments of one mile length

Question

Hi,

I am working on Identification of Secondary crashes and proposed method is segment based. Following is the scenario:

1. The entire roadway network consists of several thousand links (which are polylines)

2. I used the Split tool under Editor to split a single link but Split command becomes grayed when when I do multiple selection.

I would appreciate any help on  this. Thanks !

CassidyMacDonald · Answer

Hey Darren, I need to split a road network into 100m segments. I encounter problems in the split because ArcGIS pro auto splits the network at nodes. Any chance you can offer some advice?

DarrenWiens2 · Answer

Just a small nit-pick: the method in your link splits lines into x equal lengths, not segments of x length. Subtle difference, and I am sure it has been solved elsewhere, but not there.

DanPatterson_Retired · Answer

This has been referenced several times with success... from Arcpy Cafe

EDITs ( by me.... thanks to Darren)

from that link

segmentAlongLine  ==>>  ArcMap  10.3 arcpy Polyline class, segmentAlongLine​

That Arcpy Café link, indicates, somewhat out of sight, and within the comments

Their edit

EDIT: As was pointed out in the comments, the segmentAlongLine is new at 10.3.

Soooo it will or won't solve your problem, depending upon Arcmap version