COST EFFECTIVE 
ROADTRIPS WITH
EVO

The goal of this project is to model the Least Cost Paths drivers can use to go on 4 different popular day trip destinations while at the same time going through attraction points. This is done by creating a cost surface and carrying a cost path analysis. The project also aims to identify 3 different driving zones from downtown vancouver of 100, 150 and 200 kilometres by creating a road network and 3 different service areas through the Network Analyst.

 

The cost of the four trips was estimated and nine maps were created, each with a different message, to either represent an overview of highways around Vancouver, the 100 km, 150 km, 200 km driving zones, the location of destinations within these zones, as well as road network surrounding them, and finally the different Least Cost Paths that were calculated. Finally, it was possible to extract a list of attractions along each road trip, in order to create a road trip guide for EVO users wishing to go to each respective destination,

 

The least cost path was useful in calculating the shortest, cheapest roads to the destination. Nevertheless, some limitations were observed on the cost surface due to the attraction points not being connected to roads and therefore being surrounded by high friction cost which the cost paths would avoid.