Input-Output Based Transport System Model: Reflections from the Finnish Experience

This paper describes the input-output based transport system for Finland. New innovation of the system is to incorporate the passenger transport into the input-output data framework, in addition to more traditional freight transport analysis. The OPTILI model utilizes the 1995 input-output data as the starting point. Regional input-output data was used to create three regions, which represented Finland disaggregated to growth, steadystate and stagnating regions. Within these regions, a further separation into urban, semiurban and rural areas was made to illustrate impacts on different road classes, as well as on other transport modes. Input-output data was linked to actual traffic flow data using the information on the private consumption on traffic at the 3-region level. Traffic is calculated as traveled mileage (kms). Different modes are calculated separately. The change in traffic volume (mileage) is converted to new volumes by the percentage change in areas, modes, traffic and network classes. The software application allows users to specify the impacts of new transport initiatives and to create alternative scenarios of the future state of transport system and economy. Results from model runs show that scenarios create more significant changes in transport volumes, economic output and employment than transport initiatives, mainly because the initiatives tend to be small in the national or even regional scale, compared to scenarios.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Conference on Transport Research Society

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• Authors:
  • Nokkala, Marko
  • Sirkia, Ari
  • Rasanen, Jukka
• Conference:
  • 10th World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Istanbul , Turkey
  • Date: 2004-7-4 to 2004-7-8
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 8p
• Monograph Title: 10th World Conference on Transport Research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Economic development; Input output models; Mode choice; Passenger transportation; Public transit; Traffic flow; Traffic volume
• Geographic Terms: Finland
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01084999
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 28 2008 8:14AM