Forschungsbereich für Verkehrsplanung und Verkehrstechnik, Center of Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering
 
 
Case Studies

2007

In the 6th framework project CITYMOBIL (Towards advanced road transport for th urban environment) MARS models of the cities of Almere (NL),  Gateshead (UK), Trondheim (N) and Vienna are used to asses the effects of innovative transport systems like PRT (Personal Rapid Transit).

 

A Vensim(r) based MARS model of the Madrid region is used in the project "Metodología para la evaluación multiobjetivo de estrategias de movilidad urbana y regional" funded by the Ministerio de Fomento, Madrid, ES.

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2006

A MARS model of the city of Leeds, GB was adapted for the project DISTILLATE (Design and Implementation Support Tools for Integrated Local LAnd Use, Transport and the Environment) funded under the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's overarching research programme on the development of a Sustainable Urban Environment.

DISTILLATE MARS Leeds demo pack

 

A MARS model of the "Twin City Region" Vienna - Bratislava (AT-SK) was created in the national research project PLUTO (Prediction of Land Use and Transport changes due to Open borders - a modelling framework for the Vienna - Bratislava metropolitan region) funded by the Viennese Chamber of Economy ("Wiener Wirtschaftskammer").

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2005

MARS Flight Simulator models of the cities Chiang Mai, TH; Ubon Ratchathani, TH; Hanoi, VN have been created and used within the project SPARKLE funded by the European Commission within the Programme Asia Pro Eco.

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A MARS model of the city of Edinburgh, GB was used in combination with models on a European level and a world energy market model in the project STEPS (Scenarios for the Transport system and Energy supply and their Potential effectS) funded by the European Commission in its 6th framework programme.

 

A MARS model of the Vienna Region, AT in Visual Basic for Applications(r) was created in a project on behalf of the Viennese Municipal Department 18.

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2004

A MARS model of the region of Madrid, ES in VBA(r) was used by Paula Vieira Gonçalves de Souza in her PhD-thesis "Modelización de la interacción de usos del suelo y transporte. Aplicación al corredor A-3 de Madrid".

 

A MARS model of the citz of Leeds, UK in VBA(r) was used in the project SPECTRUM (Studies of Policies regarding Economic instruments Complementing Transport Regulation and the Undertaking of physical Measures) funded by the European Community under the "Competitive and Sustainable Growth" Programme.

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2003

MARS models of the six European capitals Edinburgh, GB; Helsinki, FI; Madrid, ES; Oslo, NO; Stockholm, SE; Vienna, AT in VBA(r) have been created and used in the project PROSPECTS (Procedures for Recommending Optimal Sustainable Planning of European City Transport Systems) funded by the European Commission within the 5th framework programme.

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