I have found a solution to incorporating the road network into my Path Distance analysis that determines the time is takes to traverse a terrain using Toblers Hiking Function. In my previous model I provided no Cost Raster as input to the Path Distance analysis tool. By not providing an input Cost Raster, the cost of 1 per-unit distance will be used, which is the same as applying a cost raster with values of all 1's. The effort to move through the terrain is being determined by the vertical raster (elevation) and the vertical factor table (Toblers Hiking Function).
I created an Euclidean Distance raster from my road network, matching my cell size to the elevation DEM as well as ensuring that they aligned. I then reclassified my road network cost raster into the following classes and new cost values:
- 10m: 1
- 25m 2
- 50m 3
- 100m 4
- >100m 10
I used the following cost raster of my road network in conjunction with my Toblers Hiking Function and the initial results are looking good already. I will simulate different cost values for the road network cost raster to obtain more realistic results of the effort required to move through the terrain along the road network versus the terrain itself.
I hope the following assists anyone else trying to solve a similar problem.