A methodology for intercity transportation planning in Egypt

Moavenzadeh, Fred; Markow, M J; Brademeyer, B; Safwat, K Nabil A

doi:10.1016/0191-2607(83)90168-1

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“…Many models of vehicle operating costs have been developed since the 1970s [7]: incremental models linking the IRI with vehicle consumption and wear were developed for the World Bank between 1971 and 2005 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) [34], the Transportation Research Lab [35][36][37] and Birmingham University [38]. Originally developed for roads and vehicles in developing countries, these models were first calibrated for a developed country in the U.S. by Michigan State University [7].…”

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Towards Road Sustainability—Part I: Principles and Holistic Assessment Method for Pavement Maintenance Policies

2022

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Assessing the holistic sustainability of public policies remains a challenge rarely taken up due to a lack of adequate assessing methods. Frequently, only environmental and/or financial aspects are addressed, rather than the three pillars, including macro- and micro-economic as well as social performance. This paper presents an assessment method to fully compare the performance of pavement resurfacing policies for all its stakeholders and considering pavement–vehicle interactions. First, an analytical and then systemic approach to road maintenance highlights all its stakeholders, and a complete set of sustainability indicators is proposed to quantify the various impacts of maintenance programs: tax revenues, road operator’s and users’ savings, domestic production and employment, net present value, users’ time savings and noise reduction health benefits, as well as protection of natural resources, biodiversity and human health. Second, specific physical models of road condition (International Roughness Index) and its role in pavement–vehicle interaction in terms of vehicle consumption and wear as well as traffic noise are introduced. Then, equations to calculate these indicators are presented based on a comparison of existing assessment methods. The final transdisciplinary method pulls from road engineering, industrial ecology, acoustics and economics. It especially combines environmental and economic life cycle assessments and economic input–output analysis, as well as financial and socioeconomic appraisals. Finally, this article takes up the interdisciplinary challenge of building a fully holistic assessment method to help decision makers properly address sustainability, and its general algorithm can be adapted to assess a variety of transportation policies.

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Towards Road Sustainability—Part I: Principles and Holistic Assessment Method for Pavement Maintenance Policies

2022

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“…In the early 1980s, the emphasis shifted from aggregate to disaggregate sequential (Koppelman et al, 1984) and direct-demand modeling (Moavenzadeh, 1983). Modeling of intercity bus travel has proved to be difficult (Dean, 1982).…”

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An Assessment of Intercity Bus Services in Illinois

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2020

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“…of STEM as a central component of a comprehensive methodology for intercity transportation planning in Egypt (11). This methodology was used in several case studies involving multimodal transportation of passengers and freight in Egypt in 1986.…”

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Predicting International Freight Flows for Trade: Simultaneous Multimodal, Multicommodity, Network Equilibrium Model

Safwat

Hasan

2004

Transportation Research Record

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Between 1990 and 1997 intraregional trade was very low among the member countries of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Their export share fell from 10.9% to 8.6% of their total world exports, and their import share rose from 9.1% to 10.4% of their total world imports. Among the main reasons were complicated, costly, and time-consuming border controls and customs formalities. To overcome these obstacles and to promote greater economic integration among its members, ESCWA developed an integrated transport system in the Arab Mashreq (ITSAM). ITSAM comprises three basic components: an integrated (multimodal) transport network, an associated information system, and a methodological framework for issue analysis and policy formulation. The present research focuses on the development of an international freight simultaneous transportation equilibrium model (IFSTEM) to predict equilibrium freight flow patterns (times and costs) that can describe the behaviors of exporters and importers of different commodities over an international multimodal network covering ESCWA member countries. IFSTEM is considered a central component of the ITSAM methodological framework. The application of IFSTEM to the prototype shows that the model satisfies the behavioral aspects of the freight system, and its solution procedure is computationally tractable. This should encourage the full implementation of IFSTEM (after its calibration process) as a policy analysis tool and a decision-support system for transport policy makers in the region. The approach can easily be extended and applied to other regions of the world.

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A methodology for intercity transportation planning in Egypt

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

Towards Road Sustainability—Part I: Principles and Holistic Assessment Method for Pavement Maintenance Policies

Towards Road Sustainability—Part I: Principles and Holistic Assessment Method for Pavement Maintenance Policies

An Assessment of Intercity Bus Services in Illinois

Predicting International Freight Flows for Trade: Simultaneous Multimodal, Multicommodity, Network Equilibrium Model

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