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Title: Demonstrator of a Cost/Utility Function Taking Activity-based Information into Account - Deliverable 4.2
Authors: ADNAN, Muhammad 
Issue Date: 2018
Publisher: iSCAPE
Series/Report: iSCAPE
Abstract: This deliverable as part of WP 4 task 4.2.1 is having three major aims. Firstly, it presents a demonstration of an Activity-based model (FEATHERS) and its supply counterpart MATSIM, to predict activity-travel schedules of individuals and then execute them to determine the traffic volume on the road network. The deliverable provides a comprehensive description of cost/utility functions (i.e. functions that incorporates a variety of variables and associate them with travel decisions) to ascertain the type of policies/interventions or TDMs that can be assessed within the developed simulator. The cost/utility function with FEATHERS are in the form of decision tree models and within MATSIM it is represented as a scoring function of a plan based on a variety of built-in parameters. The deliverable also provides a guideline methodology about what possible changes in the system need to be made in order to run a particular policy scenario. As a second major aim, the deliverable presents a criterion in order to select policies to be tested via the developed simulator. The criterion is mainly following the earlier deliverables where a complete review of such policies is provided that are found most effective in relation with improving the air quality of a certain region. Furthermore, support from iSCAPE city profiles that also presents the mobility situations of each city is taken to finalize the list of policies. These city profiles are based on the opinions of the city stakeholders and its citizens. In addition to this, the selection of policies is also based on the state-of-the art transport policy literature, which emphasizes more towards low-cost and easily implementable policies. Limitations of the simulator are also considered in finalizing the policy list. Restriction on car accessibility, enhancement of public transport infrastructure, fare reduction of public transport, road pricing, strict parking regulations, telecommuting and opening hours of activity locations are presented as key policies that have significant potential to bring positive change in the environment as well as individual’s health. Lastly, some of these policies are implemented in the simulator along with the presentation of aggregate results. Before the policy implementation, results of the base scenario are validated with available traffic counts, which are found plausible as goodness-of-fit measure is more than 0.7 in all validation cases. Results of the policies are also in line with the expectations. However, outputs can be disaggregated in a variety of different ways to discover more meaningful insights about the impact of policies. The aggregate outputs presented in this deliverable is for demonstration purpose and to provide evidence regarding the capabilities of the simulator. For the next steps of WP 4, this deliverable can provide a profound basis to ascertain few policy scenarios to be run for a selected iSCAPE cities within a light version of this simulator whose development is ongoing as a part of task 4.2.2. Partners in iSCAPE cities are encouraged to discuss this deliverable with city stakeholders to come up with one or two policy scenarios that can be implemented for assessment of their impacts. Furthermore, in order to achieve the overall objectives of WP 4, the results obtained from the policy implementation will be further incorporated in emissions and air quality dispersion model to identify their impact on improving overall air quality for selected cities. These results can help in exposure assessments and to ascertain health impacts for various groups of population, which is required to be reported in WP 7 deliverables.
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/28090
Link to publication/dataset: https://www.iscapeproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Demonstrator-of-a-Cost_Utility-Function-Taking-Activity-based-Information-into-Account.pdf
Category: R2
Type: Research Report
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