Imbalance of pairwise efficiency in urban street network

Abstract: We investigate how efficient each area of urban street network is connected. Using the detour index, geographic features of street network and pairwise efficiency is studied. To do so, the detour index of 1,832,118 travel route pairs for 85 global cities are explored. We show that the detour index in urban street network is strongly dependent on the angular separation of a pair respective to the city center and that it is a unique property introduced by the intrinsic core-periphery structure of urban street networks. Lastly, a new way of mapping the street network to visualize the overview of efficiency level is proposed.