Modelling commercial traffic for a metropolitan region
Abstract Modeling commercial traffic for a Metropolitan Region allows to better understand urban dynamics, to support urban planning and to evaluate the potential of alternative vehicle concepts. However, current approaches require a knowledge-intensive and data-heavy modelling of transportation dem...
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| author | Lennard Hensel Volker Grajewski Tilman Matteis Gernot Liedtke |
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| description | Abstract Modeling commercial traffic for a Metropolitan Region allows to better understand urban dynamics, to support urban planning and to evaluate the potential of alternative vehicle concepts. However, current approaches require a knowledge-intensive and data-heavy modelling of transportation demand. This study presents a lightweight approach utilizing publicly available macroscopic data on traffic volumes and vehicle behaviors to microscopically simulate a set of vehicle tours representative for commercial traffic in a metropolitan region. The approach encompasses various vehicle types, economic sectors, and types of activities, and addresses the intricacies of trans-regional traffic. Furthermore, to illustrate the applicability and validity, tours are simulated for a business day in 2023 in the Munich Metropolitan Region and compared to vehicles counted at traffic counting stations on roads. The validation shows that the approach yields a representative set of commercial tours, with the number of simulated vehicles deviating from the counted vehicles by 1.17%. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-283cb00336a242fc9c5c36fdcee950e92025-08-20T02:10:09ZengSpringerOpenEuropean Transport Research Review1866-88872025-03-0117111110.1186/s12544-025-00717-wModelling commercial traffic for a metropolitan regionLennard Hensel0Volker Grajewski1Tilman Matteis2Gernot Liedtke3Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Innovation Center EuropeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Innovation Center EuropeGerman Aerospace Center, Institute of Transport ResearchGerman Aerospace Center, Institute of Transport ResearchAbstract Modeling commercial traffic for a Metropolitan Region allows to better understand urban dynamics, to support urban planning and to evaluate the potential of alternative vehicle concepts. However, current approaches require a knowledge-intensive and data-heavy modelling of transportation demand. This study presents a lightweight approach utilizing publicly available macroscopic data on traffic volumes and vehicle behaviors to microscopically simulate a set of vehicle tours representative for commercial traffic in a metropolitan region. The approach encompasses various vehicle types, economic sectors, and types of activities, and addresses the intricacies of trans-regional traffic. Furthermore, to illustrate the applicability and validity, tours are simulated for a business day in 2023 in the Munich Metropolitan Region and compared to vehicles counted at traffic counting stations on roads. The validation shows that the approach yields a representative set of commercial tours, with the number of simulated vehicles deviating from the counted vehicles by 1.17%.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-025-00717-wCommercial trafficUrban planningMetropolitan regionTour simulationMicroscopic simulation |
| spellingShingle | Lennard Hensel Volker Grajewski Tilman Matteis Gernot Liedtke Modelling commercial traffic for a metropolitan region European Transport Research Review Commercial traffic Urban planning Metropolitan region Tour simulation Microscopic simulation |
| title | Modelling commercial traffic for a metropolitan region |
| title_full | Modelling commercial traffic for a metropolitan region |
| title_fullStr | Modelling commercial traffic for a metropolitan region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modelling commercial traffic for a metropolitan region |
| title_short | Modelling commercial traffic for a metropolitan region |
| title_sort | modelling commercial traffic for a metropolitan region |
| topic | Commercial traffic Urban planning Metropolitan region Tour simulation Microscopic simulation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-025-00717-w |
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