An Investigation into Travel Demand Management Policies for Land Development

Single occupancy vehicle travel leading to congestion in urban areas is a significant problem. Congestion has numerous economic, social, and environmental impacts that negatively impact the prosperity and vitality of an urban area. One method for counteracting these negative impacts is known as travel demand management (TDM). TDM is a broad set of strategies that work to improve the efficiency of the transportation system by prioritizing the efficient movement of people instead of motor vehicles. This project will investigate how effective a set of TDM policies are at reducing congestion for new urban developments to allow land developers to implement these strategies into their projects. This investigation will involve the use of a type of travel survey. The survey will collect information about respondents’ current travel patterns as well as how those travel patterns might shift in response to hypothetical scenarios. These scenarios will involve some or all the TDM strategies under investigation being implemented and then will ask how the respondents travel behaviour will change.

Faculty Supervisor:

Adam Weiss

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Partner:

Crozier Consulting Engineers

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Carleton University

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