Peak Hour Travel Times to Public Secondary Schools

Average weekday travel times during the morning peak period of 7am to 9am are calculated for reaching the nearest public secondary school via public transport. Infrastructure Australia produced this data for the 2019 Australian Infrastructure Audit, modeling strategic transport performance. The analysis focuses on conditions during 2016.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial equity in school access by mapping average_travel_time across different neighborhoods.
• Model public transport network efficiency by correlating travel_time with distance_to_school during the AM_peak period.
• Identify transport deserts for secondary education by flagging areas with exceptionally high travel_time values.
• Benchmark infrastructure performance for the 2016 period against other years or cities using the modeled travel_time metric.

Strengths

• Geospatial data includes multiple standard formats (GEOJSON, SHP, WFS) for interoperability.
• Modeled performance for a specific, high-demand time period (AM peak 7am-9am).

Limitations

• Underlying row count, sample size, and specific calculation methodology are unknown.
• Data reflects conditions from a single year (2016), which may not represent current transport networks.
• Specific columns and granularity (e.g., SA1, SA2) are not detailed, limiting precision of analysis.

Provenance

Source

Infrastructure Australia

Collection Method

Strategic transport modeling for the Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019.

Time Range

2016 (weekday AM peak conditions)

Freshness

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Geography

Australia (specific regions covered are not detailed)