Identification of user needs and bottlenecks on transport modelling in the New Member States

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Identification of user needs and bottlenecks on
transport modelling in the New Member States

• Dr. Algirdas akalys, (VGTU Team Leader)
• Prof. Adolfas Baublys
• Dr. Andrius Jaremskis
• Siiri Baciauskiene

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• We, VGTU Transport Research Institute have sent
  questionnaire on identification of user needs and
  bottlenecks on transport modelling to 23
  transport and traffic model users and developers
  (municipalities, national governmental
  institutions, main transport companies, as well
  as researchers) in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
• At present we have 13 received filled in
  questionnaires back. (5 from Estonia and 8 from
  Lithuania)
• Today are able to present you only very
  preliminary results of our investigation

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Respondents (13)

• Tallinn Technical University
• Tallinn Municipality
• Union of Estonia Automobile Enterprises
• Tallinn Colleague of Engineering
• Engineering Bureau Stratum
• Klaipeda Seaport Authority
• Kaunas Technology University
• Klaipeda Municipality
• Vilnius Municipality
• Kaunas Municipality
• Siauliai Municipality
• Klaipeda University
• Ministry of Transport and Communications of
  Lithuania

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Respondents
by institutions
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Respondents
by country
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Question 1. Models used

• Forecasts of future demand for transport (2
  answers)
• Improvements of existing infrastructure and
  construction of new infrastructure projects (2
  answers)
• Economic model (2 answers)
• Direct demand network model (2 answers)
• Evaluation of corridors
• The visual-digital ship simulator
• The models of impacts on route choice,
• Macroscopicp, mezoscopic and microscopic model of
  traffic flows
• Network model (earlier)
• Emission models (pollution and traffic noise)
• Model of traffic distribution in urban streets
  network
• Possible use or optimisation of more restrictive
  laws and regulations, such as restrictions of
  heavy goods transport in urban areas, parking
  policies, etc.
• Better utilisation of existing transport
  infrastructure e.g. by improved timetables of
  passenger transport,
• TRIPS - used long time ago. No data's and
  qualified personal today. This is too
  sophisticated program for users
• VIPS (an old version) - used long time ago. No
  data's and qualified personal today
• Direct demand network model

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Question 1. Please specify whether you use
transport models in your activity
Universities
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Question 1. Please specify whether you use
transport models in your activity
Municipalities
9
Question 1. Please specify whether you use
transport models in your activity
Total
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Question 1. b) Why models is not used? Reasons
Universities
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Question 1. b) Why models is not used? Reasons
Municipalities
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Question 1. b) Why models is not used? Reasons
Total
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Question 2. Please specify whether you use only
the results of transport models that were
developed by the third parties
Municipalities
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Question 2. Please specify whether you use only
the results of transport models that were
developed by the third parties
Total
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Question 3. Please asses the usefulness of
transport models and their results while solving
problems
Universities
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Question 3. Please asses the usefulness of
transport models and their results while solving
problems
Municipalities
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Question 3. Please asses the usefulness of
transport models and their results while solving
problems
Total
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Question 4. Please specify whether you are
interested only in results of transport models
developed by the third parties (consulting
companies, individual experts)
Municipalities
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Question 4. Please specify whether you are
interested only in results of transport models
developed by the third parties (consulting
companies, individual experts)
Total
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Question 5.1 Please specify whether you are
interested in using transport models directly in
your daily activities
Universities
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Question 5.1 Please specify whether you are
interested in using transport models directly in
your daily activities
Municipalities
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Question 5.1 Please specify whether you are
interested in using transport models directly in
your daily activities
Total
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Question 5.2 Please specify what conditions
should be fulfilled so that you could use
transport models in your activity
Universities
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Question 5.2 Please specify what conditions
should be fulfilled so that you could use
transport models in your activity
Municipalities
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Question 5.2 Please specify what conditions
should be fulfilled so that you could use
transport models in your activity
Total
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5.3. Please specify whether you would use
transport models after fulfilling the above
mentioned conditions
Total
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Question 6. Please specify what are the main
barriers and bottlenecks in using transport
models
Universities
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Question 6. Please specify what are the main
barriers and bottlenecks in using transport
models
Municipalities
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Question 6. Please specify what are the main
barriers and bottlenecks in using transport
models
Total
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Question 7. Please specify in which fields in
your opinion should transport models and their
results be used
Municipalities
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Question 7. Please specify in which fields in
your opinion should transport models and their
results be used
total
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Question 8. Please specify what are your
expectations with regards to transport modelling
and what conditions should the models fulfil
Universities
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Question 8. Please specify what are your
expectations with regards to transport modelling
and what conditions should the models fulfil
Municipalities
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Question 8. Please specify what are your
expectations with regards to transport modelling
and what conditions should the models fulfil
Total
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• We very hope that today during two brain
  storming sessions (chaired by Jan Persson
  (Blekinge, Sweden) and Irina Yatskiv (Riga,
  Latvia) we will receive the useful supplementary
  information about user needs, models used, as
  well as bottlenecks on transport modelling in
  Baltic States Area.
• I wish you the productive results of your work.
  

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Thank you for your attention!