Week 8 - Transport Planning
Lecturer: Dr Aruna Sivakumar
Aim and Learning Outcomes
The aim of this session is to provide an understanding of the role of transport planning and appraisal, with a specific focus on methods for travel demand modelling, and the use of the travel demand model in evaluation and appraisal of transport policies and projects.
Lecture Video
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The answers to the quiz can be found here.
At the end of this session you will be able to
- Understand and describe the role of the transport model within transport planning and policy-making
- Demonstrate how to formalise the prediction problem in transport modelling, and use the formalisation for evaluation of transport policies
- Understand how the 4-step travel demand modelling method works, including the underlying theory
- Apply a 4-step travel demand model system including trip generation, trip distribution, mode split, and traffic assignment models, to forecast travel demand
- Demonstrate knowledge of transport planning and modelling software (specifically VISUM)
This session is divided into two weeks (week 08 and week 09) and is also complemented by a seminar on how to use VISUM. More information can be found here.
Lecture and Lab Sessions
| Week | Date | Session | Time | Room | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Monday 29/11 | Computer Lab | 11:00-12:00 | CAGB 203 | Dr Ahmadreza Faghih Imani |
| Friday 03/12 | Lecture 8 | 10:00-12:00 | SKEM 201 | Dr Aruna Sivakumar | |
| 9 | Friday 10/12 | Lecture 9 | 09:00-11:00 | Online | Dr Aruna Sivakumar |
| Tutorial 9 | 11:00-12:00 | Online | GTA team |
The order of the lectures is the following:
- Introduction to VISUM
- Introduction to Transport Planning
- What is a transport model? The role of transport planning
- Formalisation of the transport model
- Travel Demand Modelling
- The four stage travel demand model – trip generation and distribution
- The four stage travel demand model – trip distribution and traffic assignment
Recommended reading:
- Manheim’s chapter on transport modeling
- Representation of the demand for travel - Concepts and definitions
- Chapters 1, 4, 5, 6 from Ortuzar & Willumsen
Lecture materials
Seminar 4
We will be learning to use PTV VISUM to carry out transport modelling to assess different strategies and scenarios for different modes of transport.