Weights in Transportation Geography

More Attractiveness or Deviation in Spatial Network

Network weight

Network weights use the degree of ‘friction of distance’ to define the attraction and deviation (falloff, deterrence) at a given node/area/place in the spatial network. This helps to specify opportunities with different weights to adjust the cost/time of travel.

Cambridge Crime Overview — By Neighborhood

Seoul Weather

Los Angeles Traffic Report

Street Design Quality (Source: google image)

Pandemic (Source: google image)

Origin weight

The representative of available opportunities for origins to generate travel within a given radius, such as number of jobs, number of people, disposable income, and gross floor area of a building, or other variables.

Destination weight

Measures the utility of a destination, such as the attractiveness of a destination compared to other destinations — total building size, sales volume, store area, and transit service for passengers.