Hello, I am trying to solve a routing problem in Network Analysis by using VRP solver. I have many points to serve per each road segment so I am dealing more with an Arc Routing Problem than Vehicle Routing Problem, but there is no ARP solver in Network Analyst. So what I want to do is create a two mid-points for each segment that has some demand, one for each side of street (my problem has side dependency) and than sum the demand on each side of the street to this point.
Have someone ever try this with success?
I found that this approach is mentioned here: GIS high density vehicle routing soloution by
If you want to load mid-points on both sides of a road then you can load them twice. Use the Add Locations GP tool and then in the Field Mappings, there is a curb approach property, choose Right Side of Vehicle and load them first. Then run the tool again but choose Left Side of Vehicle. Now you will have two points loaded in the same location but they have to be approached from a particular side of the road. Also for the route layer, make sure to set one of the analysis property of U-Turns at Junctions to be "Allowed Only at Dead Ends" to get paths which do not make u-turns at each stop and visit the other side!
Jay Sandhu