Project
F5b (NRP 41) - Spatial effects of Swissmetro
Funding origin:
Switzerland
STRIA Roadmaps:
Network and traffic management systems (NTM)
Transport sectors:
Passenger transport
Duration:
Start date: 01/01/1997,
End date: 01/01/2001
Status: Finished
Funding details:
Overview
Background & policy context:
The NRP 41 was launched by the Federal Council at the end of 1995 to improve the scientific basis on which Switzerland's traffic problems might be solved, taking into account the growing interconnection with Europe, ecological limits, and economic and social needs. The NRP 41 aimed to become a think-tank for sustainable transport policy. Each one of the 54 projects belongs to one of the following six modules:
- A Mobility: Socio-institutional Aspects
- B Mobility: Socio-economical Aspects
- C Environment: Tools and Models for Impact Assessments
- D Political and Economic Strategies and Prerequisites
- E Traffic Management: Potentials and Impacts
- F Technologies: Potentials and Impacts
- M Materials
- S Synthesis Projects
Objectives:
The goal of this project is to simulate the effects of transportation infrastructure changes on regional development, using the Swissmetro as an example.
Methodology:
Essentially the research followed two methods:
- The simulation of regional development in Switzerland up to 2030 using an integrated transport and land-use model (TRANUS) - a modelling software. The most important characteristic of these kind of models is that the regional distribution of businesses and households as well as their socio-economic ties create traffic flows, as shown in the transportation part of the model. The calculated accessibility costs between the different model zones depend on track supply, influencing as a result the allocation of activites over time.
- Combination of different variations of the future national transportation system and different scenarios of social, economic and political factors.
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