Exploring Pedestrian Permeability in Urban Sidewalk Networks

NetSciX 2026 Conference Submission74 Authors

Keywords: Urban Science, Mobility, Pedestrian Networks, Vector Fields, Continuous Time Random Walks

TL;DR: This paper applies random walk models and Helmholtz–Hodge decomposition to urban sidewalk networks, showing how spatial structure shapes pedestrian permeability and identifying regions that facilitate or constrain mobility.

Submission Number: 74