TESTING INTEGRATED TRANSPORT AND LAND-USE MODELS IN THE HELSINKI METROPOLITAN AREA

The interaction between land use and transport has become a key question in urban transportation planning. In Finland, the National Road Administration launched a strategic research project in 1991 entitled Transport and Land Use. A major interest lay in the use of computer models to forecast the impact of planning decisions upon land use and transportation. MEPLAN was chosen as a tool for testing this interaction. MEPLAN is a computer software package for analyzing and evaluating land-use and transport policies. This paper discusses the theory behind the model and its applications. The first study was made in 1991; a year later a preliminary study of the MEPLAN system and philosophy was carried out; and in 1993, a model was produced and calibrated for the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.

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• Authors:
  • Echenique, M
  • MOILANEN, P
  • Lautso, K
  • LAHELMA, H
• Publication Date: 1995-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 20-23
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Integrated systems; Land use models; Pilot studies; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Helsinki (Finland)
• Old TRIS Terms: Pilot study
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00675446
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 4 1995 12:00AM