INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR End-Spring Semester 2009-2010 Date: Time: 3 Hrs. Full Marks: 60 No, of Students: 28 Department: Civil Engineering Sub. No: CE31506 Sub. Name: Transportation Planning Instruction: Answer ALL questions Question-1 a) The following regression model has been developed for prediction of zonal peak hour trip production. Zonal peak-hour trip produced = 0.3036 (zonal household) + 0.5638 (zonal population) ‘Asa transportation planner, will you accept the above model for prediction purpose? Justify your decision. 4) Trip production, trip attraction and travel time for a three-zone study area as given below. Trip Production and Attraction Travel Time in Minutes Zone. 7 {273 Zones (From\To) [7 [2 [3 Trip Production [210 [320 [240 | [1 3_ [8 [5 [Trip Attraction 290 1270 | 210 2 8 [2 6 3 5 le [4 Travel time versus friction factor values as obtained from the calibration process is summarized below. Time (minute) | Friction Time (minute) | Friction Factor Factor i 62 S 39 2 52 é 26. 3 50. 7 20 4 41 8 13 Determine the number of trips between each zone using a gravity model, Socioeconomic adjustment factors may be assumed as unity. Show only two iterations. [+7 =10} Question-2 ‘The deterministic components of utility functions of car, light rail and bus are as follows. Vear = 0.85 = Tear SCea/Y, Vu =0.35—Ty—5CVY and Vous *— Tose —SCoie/¥ ‘Where, Tn is the travel time by mode 'm’ in hours, Cy is the cost of travel by mode ‘m’ in Rs. and Y is the monthly income of users in Rs. (thousands) a) What are the probable modal attributes that may explain the variationsin mode specific constant? b) If the travel time and cost attributes for car, light rail and bus are as follows, and the monthly income of users is Rs. 20,000, then what will be the mode choice behavior following multinomial logit model? Mode Time (Hr.) Cost Rs.) Car 0.50 18.00 Light Rail 0.75 13.00 Bus 1.05 09.00 ©) If the cost of travel by bus is reduced to Rs, 8.00/=, what will be the likely impact on mode choice? Explain the IIA (Independence from Irrelevant Alternatives) property of Muitinomial Logk Medel wth the help of estnstod impact on made shels duo to reduction nbs fra [2+34(2+3)=10] 1of2Question3 @) A network consists of 6 nodes (A, B, C, D, E, F and G) and 40 links. The details of links are mentioned below. If all links are two-way, find the minimum spanning tree. Name the algorithm you are using for this purpose and show the details of all the steps. Link (in Km) Link Cength (in Km) AB cD AC CE ‘AD EF BC EG BE FG b) The travel time functions on two routes connecting node A and B are given below. Tis 1043 Xy and T= 154+2X2 ‘Where, T, and T» are travel times on alternative routes with flow X, and X2 respectively. Distribute a total flow of 12 units (i.e. X:#X2 =12) along the two routes following Incremental Assignment with 4 equal increments. [5+5=10] Question-4 ‘Write short notes on (a) Value function, (b) Classification of trips based on location of origin and/ destination of trips with reference to study area, (c) Disadvantages associated with growth factor methods for trip distribution, (d) Suitability of all or nothing assignment technique [2+3+3+2 =10] Question-5 2) What do we mean by sustainable transport? . b) Identify components of that make transport system non-sustainable and briefly explain how they contribute to non-sustainability. ©) What do we mean by captive riders and choice riders? [1+ 7+2=10) Question-6 a) Provide two strong reasons supporting the Importance of non-motorized transpoit planning in India. bl, Identify three different treatments by which neighborhood transportation networks could be improved for non-motorized traffic. Briefly describe these treatments with schematics. ¢) What is safety conscious planning? 12+6+2=10] 2o0f2