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Setting custom breaks for the regional analysis map
Setting custom breaks for the regional analysis map
Setting custom breaks for the regional analysis map

The latest version of Conveyal (including v7.5 of the R5 routing engine):

  • Accelerates map display for completed regional analysis results (#986) and enables custom breaks for color bins
  • Adds the ability to download a combined .zip file of all destination layer, threshold, and travel time percentile combinations for a regional analysis
  • Uses requested walking speed (rather than a hard-coded default) when linking origin and destination points to the street network
  • Improves handling of origins and destinations linked to the same network edge (#980). This change may result in lower accessibility results compared to past versions of R5, especially near long network edges and when using low travel time cutoffs or decay functions.
  • Limits application of custom elevation data to walk and bike modes, not car (#972)
  • Enables new options for sidewalk restrictions, such as prohibiting bicycles or requiring step-free paths (#976).

Inspecting freeform origins
Inspecting freeform origins
Inspecting freeform origins

The latest Conveyal routing engine is v7.4. With the latest user interface, this version:

  • Displays interactive freeform origins on the spatial dataset map
  • Enables dual access (time required to reach threshold number of opportunities) for grid origins
  • Improves legibility of regional analysis result maps
  • Updates LODES job and workforce data for regions in the United States

The latest Conveyal routing engine is v7.3. This version:

  • Smooths regional analysis progress, especially when analyses of many different scenarios and on-street mode combinations are queued up
  • Enables advanced network bundle configuration, including options to:
    • Save bike and car-related data tables into built networks, which eliminates subsequent re-calculation of these tables and can substantially reduce computation time for large regional analyses
    • Build modifications into baseline network bundles
    • Test experimental routing rules that force pedestrian routing to use sidewalks
  • Updates underlying database libraries, facilitating continued security and stability updates over the coming years