On desire paths
I found this article on desire paths. These are paths made by people based on their preferred ways to get from one place to another. Often, the paths or ways that are constructed and paved are not the shortest or most desirable ones and appear to force people into following them. Perhaps the built pathways are planned or designed to follow a certain aesthetic in as far as infrastructure is concerned. Desire paths often are the most direct routes from one place to another. These shortcuts are defined over time by the wear along the path. In some cases, they eventually become formalized when they are paved or maintained one way or another including trimming of foliage along the paths.
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Here’s an example at the National Science Complex grounds of the University of the Philippines Diliman:
Desire path created by students and staff as a shortcut from the complex core to one of the outlier buildings.
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Trip purpose, Antipolo City
In the same workshop with Antipolo LGU staff, the following graph was presented showing the purposes of trips made by residents of the city. The data was gathered with the assistance of barangays, which deployed personnel to do a version of the household information surveys (HIS) usually conducted to collect data on transportation and trip making among residents.
It is important to note that most if not all trips eventually end up at home (i.e., coming home from the workplace, school, market, etc.). Thus we can interpret the graph in a way where we can derive the trip purpose other than “to home”. For example, perhaps the real % of work trips is not 21% but 41.0% of trips made other than “going home.” School trips come in second with 29.9% of trips. Third would be shopping trips at 18.8%. These three combine for 89.7% of all trips made by Antipolo City residents. Work and school trips are most likely the most regular or frequent trips. These are the purposes associated with daily commutes whether by public or private transportation. In the next post, I will share data on mode share and try to relate the latter to the trip purpose.
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Caught (up) in traffic 