South County Integrated Mobility Study

2.1.3 Bus Travel Time Distance

The Google Maps API was used to calculate the estimated walking distance to the nearest HART bus stop. First, the nearest bus stop to a given cell was identified, measuring distance “ as the crow flies ” (distance measured in a straight line) . The cell center and the bus stop location was then input into the Google Maps API, which provided the estimated walking time and distance. See Figure 2 for coverage of bus stops and estimated walking times. Google Maps and Directions API was used to estimate the travel time at midday to the Marion Transit Center (MTC) in Downtown Tampa from each bus stop within the study area. This travel time was added to the walking time for each cell to estimate the total travel time from the study area to Downtown Tampa (see Figure 3).

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