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The Taiwan Intercity
Transportation Demand Model
Version 2012
Derek Jenq, Planner
THI Consultants Inc.
Sep. 5, 2012
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Content
1. About Taiwan
2. About THI Consultants Inc.
3. Review of Taiwan Demand Model
4. Introduction of TDM2012
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1. About Taiwan
Area: 36,000 Km2
Population: 23 million(about 640
people/Km2)
17 Population Centers
3 main metropolitan areas
(Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung)
Taipei
Taichung
Kaohsiung
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Full Highway network in the future
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1. About Taiwan
Air system
8 domestic airports
14,000 passengers /day
Rail System
High Speed Rail(Since 2007)
Taiwan High Speed Rail (From Taipei to
Kaohsiung)
114,000 passengers / day
Tai-Rail system
Total length: 2,313 km (6.42km/100km2)
564,000 passengers / day
MRT System
In 2 main metropolitan(Taipei and
Kaohsiung)
Taoyuan Airport Line (in 2013)
Taichhung MRT System (in 2025)
Highway system
8 Freeways and 12 expressways
Total length: 38,197 km (10.61 km/100km2)
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2. About THI Consultants Inc.
Established since 1989
The most reputable transportation and planning consulting
firms in Taiwan
With over 100 professional staffs
Locations
headquarter
Taipei
5 branch offices
Kaohsiung, Taichung, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macau
Structure
ITS, Transportation Planning, Traffic Engineering, Land Development and
BOT, Operations & Management
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2. About THI Consultants Inc.
Taipei Metropolitan Area
Transport & Tranplan
All using in Northern of
Taiwan
Taipei Metropolitan Area
Comprehensive
Transportation PlanningⅡ
(DOTSⅡ)
Xinyi Downtown People
Mover Concession Project
(In Taipei Metropolitan Area,
DOTSⅠ)
Rapid Transit Planning
Study for Hsinchu City
Light Rail Transit Planning
Study for Hsinchu City
Hsinchu Population Centers
Highway System Planning
Hsinchu Population Centers
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2. About THI Consultants Inc.
Minutp
THI has been the Value Added Reseller (VAR) in
Taiwan in 1992
THI had popularized Minutp in 1992～1993, and it
was been used in all of 17 Population Centers in
Taiwan
Third Taiwan Area Comprehensive Transportation
Plan (3rd TACTP)
Chiayi Metropolitan Area Comprehensive
Transportation Planning
Kaohsiung Metropolitan Area Comprehensive
Expressway System Planning
Rapid Transit Planning for Taoyuan
Metropolitan Area
Rapid Transit Planning for Tainan
Metropolitan Area
Rapid Transit Planning for Taichung Metropolitan
Area
Taoyuan-Chungli Population Centers Highway
System Planning
Taipei
Taoyuan
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2. About THI Consultants Inc.
Taipei International
Airport
TransCAD
Taoyuan Metropolitan Area Travel
Taoyuan
Demand Model
Rapid Transit Planning for Taipei
Kinmen
International Airport
Island
Light Rail Transit Planning Study
for Keelung City
Taipei-ilan Freeway
Evaluating analysis of Traffic
Control System for Eastern Freeway
Traffic management strategy for full
completion of Taipei-ilan Freeway
Kinmen Population Center Highway
System Planning
Pintung Population Center Highway
System Planning
Pintung
Eastern Freeway
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3. Review of Taiwan Demand Model
For Taiwan area comprehensive transportation planning
Entrusted by Institute of Transportation(IOT), Ministry of
transportation and communication
1st TACTP was developed in 1976, now it’s stepped into
5th generation(TDM2012)
Since 4th generation, THI Inc. began to join the plan
It ‘s named “Taiwan Demand Model”(TDM)
1st TACTP
2nd TACTP
1976
1986
3rd TACTP
1999
4th TACTP
2008
5th TACTP
2012
Pre-research
2009-2011
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3. Review of Taiwan Demand Model
1st TACTP(1976) and 2nd TACTP (1986)
Aggregate Direct Travel Demand Model
Software: Self-develop
Include international and internal transportation systems (both passengers and
freights)
3rd TACTP (1999)
Aggregate Sequential Travel Demand Model
Software: Minutp
Internal passenger and freight transportation system
Combining land use model and travel demand model
4th TACTP ( TDM2008)
Integrated Travel Demand Model
Software: Cube
Intercity passenger and freight transportation system
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3. Review of Taiwan Demand Model
Features of TDM2008
Focus on intercity trips
The base data is quite different to urban models
Average trip lengths are longer than urban travel trips
The trips are irregularly
Visiting and travel are the main purposes
Can’t estimate by traditional home interview survey
Another work of TDM2008
Two important transportation infrastructure in 2007
High Speed Rail System
Taipei-Yilan Highway
Estimate the influence of major traffic infrastructure
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3. Review of Taiwan Demand Model
5th TACTP ( TDM2012)
Base on TDM2008
Focused on the update of data, parameter, and the coefficient.
No big change of the model structure
Added several modules to the model
Container Freight Survey in 4 main international ports
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4. Introduction of TDM2012
Scopes
The whole Taiwan island
16 lifezones, and 361 traffic zones
Especially for “intercity trips”
Trips which crossing lifezones
and over 20 km
Including passenger and cargo trips
Weekday and holiday models
Analysis Year
2010(baseyear)、2021、2031、2041
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Trip Purpose
5 purposes
Business, Travel, Visiting, Commuting, and others
Trip Length
Including 5 length classifications
20-50km, 50-100km, 100-200km, over 200km
Mode
5 main modes
Airline, High Speed Rail, Tai Rail,
Highway Bus, and Automobile
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4. Introduction of TDM2012
Base Data Collection
Intercity Trip Data Collection
Intercity, Current, Comprehensive, Original-Source, DualSource
HSR(High Speed rail), Rail (TRA), Highway Bus and Airlines
Daily Passenger Origin–Destination Data (2010/4/1-5/15)
Screenline Traffic Volume and Occupancy Survey (2010, 17
intercity screenlines)
Intercity Origin-Destination & Revealed Preference (RP)
Survey during Midweek and Weekend (2010, 16,464
effective samples)
Container Freight Survey in 4 main international harbors
(2010, 3,555 effective samples)
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4. Introduction of TDM2012
Structure of TDM2012
Passenger
Forecasting
module
Freight
Forecasting
module
Nonintercity
Trips
Analyzing
module
TDM2012
Social
Economic
Parameter
Predicting
module
International
Trips
Predicting
module
Tourist
Bus
Predicting
module
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4. Introduction of TDM2012
Integrated Travel Demand Model
Trip Generation
Trip Ends
DCIV
Destination Choice
Trip Distribution
Matrices
MCIV
Mode Choice
Travel Cost
Mode Trip
Matrices
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Traffic Assignment
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The end
Thank you!
THI Consultants Inc.
Derek Jenq
Address : 5F, NO.130, Sungshan Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. 11090
E-Mail : niw921@thi.com.tw
Tel : +886-2-2748-8822 ext.209
Fax : +886-2-2748-8822 ext.209
THI Consultants Inc.
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