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Transport sector is, nowadays, one key-element to accomplish Kyoto purposes and to reduce the dependence on oil products. In this context, measures that incentives reduction of individual transport uses on behalf of collective
transports have an enormous interest. In an urban level, transport interfaces are essential in order to obtain a fast and efficient point-to-point transport. Multimodal transport interchanges can be seen as transport, information, and sometimes, business, multifunction centre. Its location can be in urban areas or near industrial areas. Nevertheless this is quite a narrow-minded vision, for such a relevant point in the network, capable of improving the network flexibility. The multimodal station is one hub, which most important functions are toallow the access to the collective transport network and the connection/interconnection of transport systems. Attempting to promote modal shift between individual transport and collective transport it is imperative to make this last one more efficient, improve its quality and to make it safer. One of the most penalizing factors when we talk about collective transport is waiting time, not total trip time. Therefore interfaces improvements are extremely important in order to reduce this waiting time. Interfaces must permit a fast and comfortable modal shift. However, this field is not yet taken in account, as it should be, in the conception of these kinds of infrastructures. This new approach to urban mobility, allied to the fact that there is no software to model multimodal stations that optimizes
transhipment with attention to space, transport mode and traffic flow justifies the need and relevance of a developing a software that covers this lacunas, InTrSim - Model to Simulate Transport Interfaces. This innovative software (InTrSim), described in an object oriented language, will allow the user to simulate existing stations and predict the effect of several parameters changes such as traffic flow, t  |
Summary
Transport sector is, nowadays, one key-element to accomplish Kyoto purposes and to reduce the dependence on oil products. In this context, measures that incentives reduction of individual transport uses on behalf of collective
transports have an enormous interest. In an urban level, transport interfaces are essential in order to obtain a fast and efficient point-to-point transport. Multimodal transport interchanges can be seen as transport, information, and sometimes, business, multifunction centre. Its location can be in urban areas or near industrial areas. Nevertheless this is quite a narrow-minded vision, for such a relevant point in the network, capable of improving the network flexibility. The multimodal station is one hub, which most important functions are toallow the access to the collective transport network and the connection/interconnection of transport systems. Attempting to promote modal shift between individual transport and collective transport it is imperative to make this last one more efficient, improve its quality and to make it safer. One of the most penalizing factors when we talk about collective transport is waiting time, not total trip time. Therefore interfaces improvements are extremely important in order to reduce this waiting time. Interfaces must permit a fast and comfortable modal shift. However, this field is not yet taken in account, as it should be, in the conception of these kinds of infrastructures. This new approach to urban mobility, allied to the fact that there is no software to model multimodal stations that optimizes
transhipment with attention to space, transport mode and traffic flow justifies the need and relevance of a developing a software that covers this lacunas, InTrSim - Model to Simulate Transport Interfaces. This innovative software (InTrSim), described in an object oriented language, will allow the user to simulate existing stations and predict the effect of several parameters changes such as traffic flow, transport frequencies and space, enabling the time and comfort optimization of transhipment. This modelling will be based on Portuguese case studies, using as inputs exploration data from operators, as well as data collected during monitoring and space characteristics, ticket equipments and access control equipments. The main output data will be transhipment and waiting times, associated to each simulated scenario, as well as comfort and safety rates associated to each scenario. Another parameter that should be analyzed by the software is economic sustainability of the building as a whole (it should analyze building energy consumption and maintenance costs), considering available space for services and leisure, as well as the importance of each transport mode in the interface. |