Travel Demand Forecasting for Gold Coast, Queensland
Civil Design Project 2012
Travel Demand Forecasting Gold Coast, Queensland
CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Traffic Analysis Zone
Chapter 3: Trip Generation
Chapter 4: Trip Distribution
Chapter 5: Traffic Assignment
Chapter 6: Conclusions
I. Introduction 1. Land use analysis introduction
In 2012, the current population of Gold Coast is approximately 540,000 with an increasing number of 13,000 to 16,000 per year and it is estimated that the population of Gold Coast will approach 800,000 by 2031 (Australia Bureau Statistics, 2012). In addition, the population projections released in 2011 indicated that the annual change of the population of the Gold Coast City Council is expected to be 1.6% by 2031 (Queensland Government Population Projections, 2011)
(Source: Goal Coast City Council website)
For a Civil Engineer, the mission of analysing the land should be undertaken before familiarising the model network. The necessity of this stage is to check the current of future system could accommodate the travel demand.
For new cities, by applying the land use analysis, the engineers could determine the location of roads that they should construct also the number of lanes
For existing cities, we could check whether a road network plan can accommodate demand in future (10 years later), what the travel demand during peak hour for each link (Qu, 2012).
By the next 20 years, The Gold Coast City Council will deal with an enormous increase in residents as well as infrastructures such as road system, rail way, dwelling units, etc. Thus, the civil engineers have to undertake the mission of conducting the land use analysis and transportation planning methodology. 2. Transportation Planning methodology.
Transportation is a service offered via transportation infrastructure (with capacity), a movement of passengers and goods from one place to another. The term Transportation planning refer to use system and analytical tools to analyze,
Travel Demand Forecasting Gold Coast, Queensland
CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Traffic Analysis Zone
Chapter 3: Trip Generation
Chapter 4: Trip Distribution
Chapter 5: Traffic Assignment
Chapter 6: Conclusions
I. Introduction 1. Land use analysis introduction
In 2012, the current population of Gold Coast is approximately 540,000 with an increasing number of 13,000 to 16,000 per year and it is estimated that the population of Gold Coast will approach 800,000 by 2031 (Australia Bureau Statistics, 2012). In addition, the population projections released in 2011 indicated that the annual change of the population of the Gold Coast City Council is expected to be 1.6% by 2031 (Queensland Government Population Projections, 2011)
(Source: Goal Coast City Council website)
For a Civil Engineer, the mission of analysing the land should be undertaken before familiarising the model network. The necessity of this stage is to check the current of future system could accommodate the travel demand.
For new cities, by applying the land use analysis, the engineers could determine the location of roads that they should construct also the number of lanes
For existing cities, we could check whether a road network plan can accommodate demand in future (10 years later), what the travel demand during peak hour for each link (Qu, 2012).
By the next 20 years, The Gold Coast City Council will deal with an enormous increase in residents as well as infrastructures such as road system, rail way, dwelling units, etc. Thus, the civil engineers have to undertake the mission of conducting the land use analysis and transportation planning methodology. 2. Transportation Planning methodology.
Transportation is a service offered via transportation infrastructure (with capacity), a movement of passengers and goods from one place to another. The term Transportation planning refer to use system and analytical tools to analyze,