Track: Transportation and Traffic

Abstract

This work analyzes the impact of incorporating waterbus routes into the existing public transport network by means of implementing macroscopic simulation models. The research is carries out following a classic 4-stages structure: analysis, design, construction, and validation. During the construction, the classical 4-step travel forecast model was applied. Initially a base model to represent the actual public transport network of Valdivia (Chile) is constructed. Updated origin-destination matrices along with new measurements taken in-situ were used to calibrate and validate the virtual model. Then a second model that includes the proposed waterbus routes is constructed. Both models were implemented in PTV Visum. Simulation results revealed that only a fraction that barely reached a 1.8% of all trips was made through the proposed water bus routes. In conclusion, with an estimated error of 9.3%, the work suggest that the proposed waterbus routes might be a complement to the existing transport network, but they would not be the traveler’s favorite option.