Preparing walkability maps/scores using ArcGIS Urban

[OghenemaroAustin-Igbuku]

Is there a way to calculate intersection density and other walkability metrics (including proximity to bike trails, bike share stations, and open spaces, as well as tree cover) in ArcGIS Urban?

[LisaStaehli · Accepted solution]

Hi @OghenemaroAustin-Igbuku 

Thank you very much for your question. At this point, ArcGIS Urban does not have functionality for walkability metrics built-in, but you can bring in any GIS layer as a context layer.

Here is a proposed workflow:
1. Open Map Viewer in ArcGIS Online and perform an analysis on your data (e.g., walkability).
2. Add the resulting layer as a plan context or scenario context layer in ArcGIS Urban.

If you'd like to perform the analysis on data created in ArcGIS Urban, you can also export this data as part of creating a scenario webscene.

I'm also adding this as a ticket to be potentially added in an upcoming release to ArcGIS Urban directly. Thanks for letting us know!