QUICK RESPONSE TRAVEL DEMAND MODELLING: A CASE STUDY OF ZARIA
QUICK RESPONSE TRAVEL DEMAND MODELLING: A CASE STUDY OF ZARIA
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2011-07
Authors
SHEHU, RABIU USMAN
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Abstract
Internal Volume Forecasting Technique is one of the several methods of Quick
Response Travel Demand technique. This thesis reviewed the various techniques used
in travel demand modelling and demonstrated the application of the Internal Volume
Forecasting technique towards deriving a travel demand model for Zaria. The study
successfully validated the simplified travel demand model for application in the study
area and by extension, others with similar characteristics. The method was applied to
four zones (Zaria city, Sabon Gari, Tudun Wada and Samaru) all in Zaria Urban Area.
The data used in the model include demographic and socio-economic data. These are
population, employment, recreation and commercial activities. Appropriate
combinations of production and attraction which was population and recreation only for
the zones of study produced a final model of trip generation and distribution as;
= .+.. Th×e travel time exponent of 2.0 found in this study
conform to the study conducted by the U. S. Department of Transportation in the year
2000. The result of the model can be used in future forecasting of traffic in Zaria after a
further slight improvement to the model to carry out the assignment stage. A Microsoft
excel sheet probability factors.xls has been created in the course of this work to ease the
difficulty of determining the trip probability factors.
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A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL OF AHMADU
BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.SC) DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING.
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING,
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.
Keywords
QUICK RESPONSE,, TRAVEL,, DEMAND,, MODELLING,, CASE STUDY,, ZARIA