Large cities " n Car off-peak, car on-peak, public transport - PDF document

25/10/13 ¡ 1. Background EXAMINING DAILY COMMUTING PATTERNS USING GIS ¨ Flanders ¤ At the heart of Europe ¤ Polycentric structure (Brussels, Antwerp) Dewulf Bart 1,2,3 , Tijs Neutens 1,2 , Mario Vanlommel 1,4 , Steven Logghe 4 , Philippe De Maeyer 1 , Yves De Weerdt 3 , Nico Van de Weghe 1 à Large traffic pressure København " 1 Department of Geography, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, S8, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium ± 2 Research Foundation Flanders, Egmontstraat 5, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium " Large cities 3 VITO, Boeretang 200, B-2400, Mol, Belgium Dublin Flanders Hamburg " " 4 BeMobile, Technologiepark 12b, B-9052, Ghent, Belgium Countries Bremen " Berlin " Amsterdam " Rotterdam London " " Antwerpen " Köln Bruxelles " " Luxembourg " Paris " München " Bern " 25/10/’13 Bart Dewulf Lyon Milano " " Torino Bordeaux " " 1. Background 2. Objectives ¨ 80% of passenger trips (car, bus, train, tram, metro) by car ¤ Congestion à time loss ¨ Examine daily commuting patterns in Flanders ¤ Air pollution ¤ High fuel costs ¤ Where is congestion a major problem? ¤ Travel times with public transport ¤ Comparison of car and public transport à where is ¨ Brussels and Antwerp public transport a decent alternative? ¤ Top 2 congested cities in the world (OECD, 2013) 3. Data and methods 3. Data and methods ¨ Flanders ¨ Origin-destination matrices between all TAZs ¤ Data available per Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) ¤ Number of simulated commuting trips (Multi Modal Model) ¤ Actual travel times with floating car data (BeMobile) ± Large cities " n Car off-peak, car on-peak, public transport Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZs) TURNHOUT " ANTWERPEN BRUGGE " - Number of trips OOSTENDE " " TAZ3 - Travel time SINT-NIKLAAS " TAZ2 GENT " MECHELEN " GENK AALST ROESELARE HASSELT " " " " - Number of trips LEUVEN Brussels " - Travel time - Number of trips KORTRIJK - Travel time " TAZ1 1 ¡

25/10/13 ¡ 3. Data and methods 4. Results – Flanders ¨ GIS ¨ Commuting directions ¤ Spatial analysis of car congestion and potential time gain with public transport ¨ Circular statistics ¤ Circular mean ¤ Index of circular spread ¨ Two scale levels ¤ Flanders ¤ Large cities 4. Results – Flanders 4. Results – Flanders ! ! ! . ! ! ! ! ! !"#$%&# ! !"#$ ! !"# ! !"#$ = ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ¨ Average time per departing commuting trip ¨ Relative time loss in congestion Relative ! time ! loss ! per ! trip !"#$%&'("# = ! !"#$ !" ! !"#$ − !"#$ !"" ! !"#$ ! !"#$ !"" ! !"#$ 4. Results – Flanders 4. Results – Large cities ¨ Relative time loss with public transport ¨ More in detail for 13 large cities à radar charts Relative ! time ! loss ! per ! trip !"#$%& ! !"#$%&'"! = ! !"#$ !"#$%& ! !"#$%&'"! − !"#$ !" ! !"#$ ! !"#$ !" ! !"#$ Number of trips 0(5" 0&5" 355(360" 5(10"10(15" 355&360" 5&10" 10&15" 350(355" 345&350" 350&355" 2500" 15&20" 345(350" 5000" 15(20" 340(345" 20(25" 340&345" 20&25" 335(340" 25(30" 335&340" 25&30" 330(335" 4500" 30(35" 330&335" 30&35" 325(330" 35(40" 325&330" 35&40" 4000" 2000" 320(325" 40(45" 320&325" 40&45" 315&320" 45&50" 315(320" 45(50" 3500" 310(315" 50(55" 310&315" 50&55" 3000" 305&310" 1500" 55&60" 305(310" 55(60" 300(305" 60(65" 300&305" 60&65" 2500" 295(300" 65(70" 295&300" 65&70" 2000" 1000" 290(295" p 70(75" 290&295" 70&75" r 1500" e w 285(290" n t 75(80" 285&290" 75&80" A 1000" 500" 280(285" 80(85" 280&285" 80&85" 500" 275(280" 85(90" 275&280" 85&90" Ghent 0" 0" 270(275" 90(95" 270&275" 90&95" Brussels 265(270" 95(100" 265&270" 95&100" Ghent 260(265" 100(105" 260&265" 100&105" 255(260" 105(110" 255&260" 105&110" 250(255" Total 110(115" 250&255" 110&115" TotRi2en" 245(250" 115(120" 245&250" 115&120" WoWeRi2en" 240(245" Commuting 120(125" 240&245" 120&125" Total 235(240" 125(130" 235&240" 125&130" TotRi2en" 230(235" 130(135" 230&235" 130&135" WoWeRi2en" 225(230" 135(140" 225&230" Commuting 135&140" 220(225" 140(145" 220&225" 140&145" 215(220" 145(150" 215&220" 145&150" 210(215" 150(155" 210&215" 150&155" 205(210" Ghent as origin 155(160" 205&210" Ghent as destination 155&160" 200(205" 160(165" 195(200" 165(170" 200&205" 160&165" 190(195" 170(175" 195&200" 165&170" 185(190" 175(180" 190&195" 185&190" 175&180" 170&175" 180(185" 180&185" 2 ¡