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Regional traffic model: V-MRDH

Municipality of The Hague

The V-MRDH is a traffic model in the software Omnitrans (developer is DAT-Mobility, Deventer). The algorithm calculates the amount of travel (car, public transport and bicycle) based on input data such as networks and demographic data. The model is used, internally at The Hague, at other municipalities and at traffic engineering consultancies.

Last change on 23rd of August 2024, at 15:23 (CET) | Publication Standard 1.0
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General information

Theme

Traffic

Begin date

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Contact information

datashop@denhaag.nl

Responsible use

Goal and impact

The amount of traffic on the road due to a plan is calculated. The plan can be a new road or the construction of a number of houses. The model calculates the amount of traffic in outline form, meant to compare scenarios (variants).

Considerations

There is a traffic model for the entire MRDH to calculate future situations. When a study also involves national roads, cooperation is often established with RWS because RWS has models for traffic on national roads.

Human intervention

The results of a calculation with the V-MRDH are always interpreted by specialists. The outcomes are used to formulate an opinion.

Risk management

The results of a calculation with the V-MRDH are always interpreted by specialists. The outcomes are used to formulate an advice. This method prevents an unlikely outcome or and incorrect calculation from causing damage.

Legal basis

This follows from the statutory duty of the road authority and the Road Traffic Act.

Operations

Data

Numbers of inhabitants and jobs from CBS. Plans from all relevant road authorities, national, municipal and provincial. Existing and future networks are also input for the calculations.

Technical design

The algorithms in the model belong to the standard software of the software's producer DAT-Mobility, Deventer. The Hague is divided into 1,000 zones, each with an average of about 500 inhabitants. Those residents make on average about 4 trips per day, divided among the motives of work, business, education, shopping and social-recreational. The model estimates the total number of trips and the distribution between car, public transport and bicycle. The destination is based on the distance people are willing to travel on average. The relative attractiveness of car, public transport and bicycle determines the ratio between these three modes. The model is of the gravity principle: a closer destination has greater appeal than a destination far away.

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