TRESIS: A transportation, land use and environmental strategy impact simulator for urban areas

Authors: Hensher, D.A.¹; Ton, T.²

Source: Transportation, Volume 29, Number 4, 1 November 2002 , pp. 439-457(19)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

The Institute of Transport Studies has developed a Transportation and Environment Strategy Impact Simulator (TRESIS) as a decision support system to assist planners to predict the impact of transport strategies and to make recommendations based on those predictions. A key focus of the simulator is the richness of policy instruments such as new public transport, new toll roads, congestion pricing, gas guzzler taxes, changing residential densities, introducing designated bus lanes, implementing fare changes, altering parking policy, introducing more flexible work practices, and the introduction of more fuel efficient vehicles. The appropriateness of mixtures of policy instruments is gauged in terms of a series of performance indicators such as impacts on greenhouse gas emissions, accessibility, equity, air quality and household consumer surplus. In this paper we introduce TRESIS to the research community, focussing on the structure of the system and the diversity of applications. Applications are presented to illustrate the diversity and richness of TRESIS as a policy advisory tool.

Keywords: areawide applications; choice models; integrated models; passenger transport

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia (E-mail: davidh@its.usyd.edu.au) 2: Institute of Transport Studies, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia (e-mail: tut@its.usyd.edu.au)

Publication date: 2002-11-01