NetworkWrangler is a python library that enables users to define roadway and transit projects as collection of data files in a local git repository, and then create networks by starting with a base network and applying a set of projects to that base network.
The base network and resulting network are in the Citilabs Cube format (http://www.citilabs.com/software/cube/)
See also: next generation Network Wrangler
NetworkWrangler is the brainchild of Billy Charlton, who was the Deputy Director for Technology Services at SFCTA through 2011. Contributors include:
- Elizabeth Sall, 2010-2014
- Lisa Zorn, 2010-2014, 2018-Present (MTC fork)
- Dan Tischler, 2011-Present
- Drew Cooper, 2013-Present
- Bhargava Sana, 2015-Present
NetworkWrangler recently was updated to Python3. Recommand using conda to install and manage NetworkWrangler environment. For example, run the following commands in Anaconda Prompt:
conda env create -f M:\Software\Anaconda\NetworkWrangler_py3.yml
conda activate NetworkWrangler-py3
cd \NetworkWrangler
pip install -e .
If needed, set the PATHs before calling the build_network.py script, for example:
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Users\mtcpb\.conda\envs\NetworkWrangler-py3;C:\Users\mtcpb\.conda\envs\NetworkWrangler-py3\Scripts
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\Citilabs\CubeVoyager;
set PYTHONPATH=%PYTHONPATH%;C:\Users\mtcpb\Documents\GitHub\NetworkWrangler
set PYTHONPATH=%PYTHONPATH%;C:\Users\mtcpb\Documents\GitHub\NetworkWrangler\_static
With PATHs set, build a network by running the build_network.py script in the /scripts folder.
python build_network.py [-c configword] [-m test] network_specification.py
This will build a network using the specifications in network_specification.py, which should define the variables listed below (in this script)
If test mode is specified (with -m test), then the following happen:
- networks are built in OUT_DIR\TEST_hwy and OUT_DIR\TEST_trn
- RTP projects are not applied
- TAG is not used for TEST_PROJECTS
The [-c configword] is if you want an optional word for your network_specification.py (e.g. to have multiple scenarios in one file). Access it via CONFIG_WORD.