Impact of traffic composition on accessibility as indicator of transport sustainability

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Abstract

Sustainable transport is closely related to quality of life in the community at present and in the future. Some indicators of transport sustainability are accessibility measurement of origin/destination, the operating costs of transport (vehicle operating cost or VOC) and external transportation costs (emission cost). The indicators could be combined into accessibility measurement model. In other case, almost traffic congestion occurred on the condition of mixed traffic. This paper aimed to analyse the indicator of transport sustainability through simulation under condition of various traffic composition. Various composition of truck to total traffic flow are 0%, 10% and 20%. Speed and V/C are calculated from traffic flow to estimate the VOC and emission cost. 5 VOC components and 3 types of emission cost (CO2, CH4 and N2O) are counted to be a travel cost. Accessibility measurement was calculated using travel cost and gravity model approaches. Result of the research shows that the total traffic flow has indirect impact on accessibility measurement if using travel cost approach. Meanwhile, the composition of traffic flow has an affect on accessibility measurement if using gravity model approach.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012038
JournalIOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Volume67
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2017
Event2017 7th International Conference on Environment and Industrial Innovation, ICEII 2017 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Duration: 24 Apr 201726 Apr 2017

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