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<p>The transport behaviour of Lodz residents with a view to constructing a balanced traffic model to include both private and public transport is examined in this paper. A survey was conducted among 6,000 Łódź citizens using mixed-mode techniques: CAWI and CATI: respondents were asked to complete a travel log for the previous day and the previous Sunday. This served as a basis for further analyses, performed with PTV simulation software, following a four-step model. The main results of the study are presented, including the mobility rate of Łódź residents, the motivations and duration of journeys, and the division of transport tasks into workdays and Sundays, indicating that a higher private carload is typical for home-other and other-home trips on Sundays compared to working days. The number of home to work and work-home trips via private cars is higher for working days compared to Sundays. Furthermore, the simulated traffic load of the public transport system is much higher for working days compared to Sundays. A higher percentage of non-motorised trips and longer trip duration are found to be common for Sundays as well.</p>
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The transport behaviour of Lodz residents with a view to constructing a balanced traffic model to include both private and public transport is examined in this paper. A survey was conducted among 6,000 Łódź citizens using mixed-mode techniques: CAWI and CATI: respondents were asked to complete a travel log for the previous day and the previous Sunday. This served as a basis for further analyses, performed with PTV simulation software, following a four-step model. The main results of the study are presented, including the mobility rate of Łódź residents, the motivations and duration of journeys, and the division of transport tasks into workdays and Sundays, indicating that a higher private carload is typical for home-other and other-home trips on Sundays compared to working days. The number of home to work and work-home trips via private cars is higher for working days compared to Sundays. Furthermore, the simulated traffic load of the public transport system is much higher for working days compared to Sundays. A higher percentage of non-motorised trips and longer trip duration are found to be common for Sundays as well.

Changeability of transport behaviour in a large city from the perspective of working days and Sundays: The case of Łódź, Poland

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The transport behaviour of Lodz residents with a view to constructing a balanced traffic model to include both private and public transport is examined in this...

Changeability of transport behaviour in a large city from the perspective of working days and Sundays: The case of Łódź, Poland

Published Online: Mar 31, 2023

Page range: 14 - 26

Received: Jun 21, 2022

Accepted: Feb 16, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2023-0002

Keywords
transport behaviour, macroscale traffic model, survey research, Łódź, Poland

© 2023 Szymon Wiśniewski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Changeability of transport behaviour in a large city from the perspective of working days and Sundays: The case of Łódź, Poland

Published Online: Mar 31, 2023

Page range: 14 - 26

Received: Jun 21, 2022

Accepted: Feb 16, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2023-0002

Keywordstransport behaviour, macroscale traffic model, survey research, Łódź, Poland

© 2023 Szymon Wiśniewski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
transport behaviour, macroscale traffic model, survey research, Łódź, Poland