The Portuguese National Transport Model as a Decision Tool

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2009

Authors

Álvaro Costa (Author) FEUP; Michiel de Bok (Author) FEUP; Vera Ferreira (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Planning in Times of Uncertainty

Pages: 1-13

2nd Annual Conference on Planning research

Porto, May 15th, 2009

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Civil engineering > Infrastructures engineering

Other information

Abstract (EN): The Portuguese National Transport Model (PoNTraM) represents the supply and demand of medium and long distance travel within the country. After initial development between 2006 and 2007, follow up research has recently got under way to significantly upgrade the demand model. The scope of the Portuguese National Transport Model is to evaluate transport measures that have a regional or national impact, such as the construction of a new national airport or a high-speed rail link. It considers five transport modes relevant to long distance travel: car, bus, rail, taxi and high-speed, and the demand models are estimated on a large-scale household survey. The model supports the decision making of transport network investments by providing passenger forecasts or highway link flow projections. By doing so it can be used to prioritize network development investments, which is increasingly important with the current pressure on available funds. The paper presents some case studies and focus on the model as a decision tool to evaluate major transport investments

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific