CIVE1253 - Advanced Transport Infrastructure

Week 2 - Problem Set 2 (Land Use and Transport)

We have a simple 3 zone city which is shown in Figure 1. The distribution of

employment and development opportunities are detailed in Table 1 while the travel
times are shown in Table 2.

Zone 1
Zone 3

Zone 2

Figure 1: The Structure of a Simple 3 Zone City.

Table 1: Employment and Development Opportunities.

Development
Zone Employment
Opportunities

1 20000 1000
2 10000 2000
3 4000 10000

Table 2: Travel Time Matrix.

` To Zone
1 2 3
1 5 12 50
From Zone 2 12 5 40
3 50 40 5

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a) Assuming = 1, calculate the accessibility index for each zone using Hansen’s
Accessibility Model.

b) Assuming that 2000 additional people need to be accommodated in the city, use
the following equation to predict the growth in population in each zone assuming
that x = 2.

AIix ×Vi
Gi = Gt × (1)
∑AI x
j ×V j
j

c) Investigate the impact of an investment in the transport system which would

reduce travel times to and from zone 3 by 10 minutes. What impact will this have
on the additional population allocated to each zone?