The Streetfold Research Desk turns named, dated sources into a route decision whose inputs, synthesis, alternatives and live boundary remain visible to the reader.
1. Begin with one traveler problem
A guide must solve a question more specific than “things to do.” Examples include choosing between airport rail modes by accommodation district, structuring two days without repeated cross-city travel or replacing an outdoor day during heavy rain.
2. Build a primary-source map
We look first for the organization responsible for the fact: airport, transport operator, venue, city tourism authority or government service. Secondary travel coverage may reveal a question, but it does not replace the responsible operator for fares, hours or access.
3. Separate durable, changeable and live facts
| Fact type | Examples | Review treatment |
|---|---|---|
| Durable context | District geography, network structure | Annual review or material change |
| Changeable operations | Fares, opening days, pass inclusion | Monthly or before material promotion |
| Live status | Lift outage, delay, weather warning | Link readers to real-time source |
4. Add editorial logic transparently
Official sources rarely provide the exact route Streetfold publishes. We combine verified facts into an editorial recommendation and name it as such. We do not imply that the tourism authority endorses our order.
5. Design a branch, not a perfect day
Every substantial itinerary considers at least one condition that changes it: low energy, heavy rain, a closure day, luggage or reduced mobility. Alternatives replace part of the route; they are not extra attractions stacked onto the same hours.
6. Keep image claims honest
Licensed photography carries creator, source and license details, plus a note when Streetfold crops or converts the file. No photograph may be used to imply a visit, accessibility condition, crowd level or current appearance that it cannot document.
Selected flagship guides also link independently published on-location records. Each record names the credited creator, date, evidence scope and limitation. These records may document a route node or one observed disruption, but their creators are not Streetfold contributors and the records do not become a Streetfold field check.
Streetfold labels work as a field check only after a named contributor authorizes public credit and a named editor reviews the evidence. The page must state the journey date, route, checked scope, limitations, a non-identifying evidence record ID and at least two evidence types. Private tickets, route history and identity-review material remain outside the public site.
A source-checked guide may also cite an attributed third-party journey record. That record can inform the editorial decision only within its published route, date and evidence limits. It does not become a Streetfold visit, contributor credit or field check.
7. Publish the source ledger and check date
Each decision guide links its sources and displays a last fact-check date. A separate “Check before you go” block identifies the facts most likely to expire.
8. Make the result reproducible
Every guide publishes a research record with its named-source count, latest source check, Streetfold output type and live boundary. The trip decision planner uses those same reviewed records to build a changeable reading and route sequence without requesting an account or hiding the selected evidence.
Eight flagship guides also publish a remote route verification. Each audit fixes a concrete input, follows the responsible operators' current rules, records the decision that follows, and lists rejection conditions and facts still unknown. The dated audit can be repeated by a reader, but it is not a journey, field log or first-hand experience claim.
Release check
Before a guide is released, the Research Desk confirms that cited links support the wording, recommendations are distinguishable from official guidance, volatile details carry an appropriate warning or check date, and every image has a traceable license record. A material correction triggers a new review date and, when it changes a travel decision, an entry in the public correction record.
Readers can challenge a source, fact or interpretation by sending the page URL and supporting source to editorial@jequirity.com.
What the method cannot guarantee
It cannot make a static article current at every moment, replace official safety information or determine whether a route meets an individual accessibility need. A guide claims first-hand experience only when its research record carries a documented field check with the required contributor, date, scope and evidence review. Issue 01 currently makes no Streetfold field-test claim.