Development of Non-Motorized Infrastructure Network in Oradea City Using Dijkstra Algorithm in ArcGIS

Abstract:

In this paper it is developed a location model for the infrastructures dedicated to non-motorized movements by bike in Oradea city, using ArcGIS geographic and information system [3]. They are taken into consideration the movements made by the target people – alternating movements (from home to school) and optional movements (made for recreation), the densities in residential areas, the type of the city arteries and the mobility need of the target people (in this case – young people aged between 15 and 25) in order to design two structures of the transport infrastructure networks (one for the alternating movements and the other for the optional movements), structures which will be realized on the actual frame of the existing transport infrastructure in Oradea city. Using Dijkstra algorithm, the minimal routes for the movements related to the alternating mobility, but also for the movements specific to the optional mobility are determined. Further on the most used arteries in the two structures of urban infrastructure networks are determined. The paper suggests as a solution the structure of the network for the non-motorized movements and also those arteries that must be used for its development, that guarantee gains for the target people (time), for the main operators who exploit the motorized systems, for the local budget of the local municipalities (less funds to sustain the public services) and especially for the environment and people’s health (attenuation of noxious and phonic pollution, reduction of the accidents’ number and health improvement).

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 809-810)
• Pages: 1067-1072
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.809-810.1067
• Online since: November 2015
• Authors: Anamaria Ilie*, Cristina Ștefănică, Oana Dinu, Florin Ruscă, Ştefan Burciu
• Keywords: Non-Motorized Movements, Transport Infrastructure Networks, Urban Mobility

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