Microsimulations have become more important in the field of travel demand generation over the last years. However, most of the simulations developed focus on daily-life or short-term travel demand, although the share of the overall traffic volume caused by journeys not undertaken in daily life is increasing. The main goal of this research is the development of a new microsimulation, which is able to generate long-distance travel demand ...

This paper evaluates Zurich’s perimeter control with loop detector data from the entire city. We compare the speed indices and congestion levels within the controlled area and its surrounding areas using the concept of the macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD). At times of heavy congestion, vehicles are prevented by two layers of control to enter the perimeter of the inner city. With the introduction of the concept of the MFD and the ...

In their daily life, individuals are frequently involved in joint decision making — situations where several individuals have to agree on the actions they will undertake to achieve a joint outcome. Examples in the context of mobility behavior include intra-household task allocation, intra-household vehicle allocation, choice of the time and venue for a dinner with friends or traveling together in the same private vehicle.

For transportation modelers understanding and predicting spatial behavior has been a challenging task. There have been different approaches to explain what factors influence the decision to go to specific locations and at what times of the day; new methodologies are still under development in the literature. The two main tools used to collect data on mobility patterns and decisions are GPS and Survey methods; the first method gives detailed ...