Development of a land-use and transport interaction model as a part of a policy assessment framework for urban traffic calming

Abstract

Initiation of traffic calming measures is on the challenging agenda of most cities, which are in pursuit of creating livable urban areas. However, previous studies on this research pointed out that the knowledge of the strategic aspects of application of these restrictions is insufficient, which is blocking further progression. Therefore a comprehensive policy assessment framework has been proposed and developed, which is combining modern modeling tools with reliable, well-tried appraisal methods. This work is another milestone of this broader research and its aim is to elaborate the modeling part of the framework enabling and establishing further works. The objective of this paper is to give an overview on this process and the result of which is a land-use and transport interaction model. In addition, it is also intended to practically test the model on a hypothetical case and to demonstrate its suitability.