Selection of the most adequate trip-modelling tool for integrated transport planning system

Piotr Sawicki; Marcin Kiciński; Szymon Fierek

doi:10.5604/08669546.1203203

Authors

Piotr Sawicki Poznan University of Technology, Division of Transport System, Poznan, Poland Author
Marcin Kiciński Poznan University of Technology, Division of Transport System, Poznan, Poland Author
Szymon Fierek Poznan University of Technology, Division of Transport System, Poznan, Poland Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5604/08669546.1203203

Keywords:

trip-modelling tool, selection procedure, integrated transport planning, ITPS

Abstract

This paper deals with the problem of selection the most suitable trip-modelling tool (TMT), which is a part of the more complex integrated transport planning system (ITPS) at the regional scale. Since an application of TMT is not autonomous and several different users exist the selection problem is not a trivial. In this paper, an original five-phase selection procedure is presented. The first phase consists in specification of both, detailed expectations of all identified users and technical requirements of ITPS. Second phase deals with research on available TMT while a third one is concentrated on defining a comprehensive set of criteria. In this phase critical criteria as well as selection criteria are defined. First one is utilised to eliminate unacceptable TMTs in phase four and second one to evaluate and select most adequate TMT in phase five. In the paper an exemplary application of this procedure is presented. The authors have defined 2 critical criteria and a set of 19 selection criteria. The last one is divided into 3 main subsets, i.e. functional, technical and financial contexts of selection process. All the selection criteria are characterised by 43 sub-criteria and some of them are more detailed extended. Using this procedure 3 out of 6 alternative TMTs including Emme, Aimsun and Visum have been initially accepted and next evaluated. Finally, Visum has been selected and recommended for application into ITPS.

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