13. Regional and Urban transport model application
13a. Regional Model application in the Netherlands
The first part of lecture 13, which is another guest lecture, is about Regional Model application in the Netherlands. The NRM and LMS models is discussed extensively and different applications are given as an example. Then, the accuracy of models is elaborated and it is shown that more complex models give rise to a higher probability of mistakes. Case studies are given to illustrate everything.
13b. application of Regional and Urban transport models
The second part of the guest lecture is on the application of Regional and Urban transport models. After an introduction of the presenter and his company, several examples of model applications are discussed. A 4-step method for building a transport model is elaborated next. After the discussion on model building, the usage of transport models in practice is discussed. The lecture is concluded with a summary of model limitations and recent developments.



