Regional Transport Modelling Review

Who’s doing what? Planning National Planning Framework Strategic Development Plans Local Development Plans Transport National Transport Strategy Strategic Transport Projects Review Regional Transport Strategy Local Transport Strategy

What are Transport and Traffic Models? Choices

Dunfermline Route Time of DayModeDestinationOrigin

Choices on personal travel When do I leave? What route to take? How will I get there? How often? (or not at all) Where am I going? Where am I?

Wider influences on personal travel Active Choice Lifestyle (e.g. car, motorbike, cycle ownership) Limited Choice Employment, income, household composition, household location Fixed Age, sex, health

Life, the Universe and Everything Traffic Model Transport Model Destination Mode Time of Day Route Origin Land-Use Model ResponseTime Quick Slow Aggregation Small Large

Terminology Exogenous The model does not vary the user inputs Endogenous The model does vary the user inputs

Land Use / Transport Interaction National Model Transport Model for Scotland (TMfS) combined with Transport and Economic Land-use Model of Scotland (TELMoS) SPT Strathclyde Integrated Transport Model (SITM) combined with Strathclyde Integrated Transport and Land-Use Model (SITLUM)

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How does it work? Land Generates / Attracts Movement of People / Goods Use the Road and Rail Network

Transport Model National TMfS (covers tactran and TayPlan) RegionalSITM Forth Regional Model (FRM) Aberdeen Sub-Area Model (ASAM) Moray Firth Transport Model (MFTM)

Traffic Models Part of all the earlier models Local examples Dundee City Centre StirlingPerthCupar Dundee Kingsway Blairgowrie St Andrews

How do we use them? Active Testing different policies and interventions PassiveReporting

Active Model Use What do you want to test? What responses do you need to happen? How will you decide between Options?

Passive Model Use What information do you need to report?

Base Data Supply What is the existing infrastructure? Houses, Retail Parks, Roads, Buses, Trains, Parking etc. Demand Who is going to use it? People and Goods

Forecasting What changes do you want to make? Don’t forget to check what the neighbours are doing! Remember there are things changing that we can’t control (e.g. ageing, fuel prices)