Transport modelling in the Cape Town Metropolitan Area

• Main Author: Munyakazi, Justin Bazimaziki
• Other Authors: Marcus, Nizar
• Language: en
• Published: University of the Western Cape 2013
• Subjects: MEPLAN (Computer program); EMME/2 (Computer program); Transportation; Mathematical models; Urban transportation; South Africa; Cape Town - Planning; Data processing; Highway planning; Cape Town - Data processing
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1613

MSc (Mathematics and Applied Mathematics) === The use of MEPLAN by the Metropolitan Transport Planning Branch of the Cape Town City Council since 1984 was not successful due to apartheid anomalies. EMME/2 was then introduced in 1991 in replacement of MEPLAN. In this thesis we first introduce some aspects of transport modelling. Secondly we summarize the above-mentioned models before we undertake their comparative study in a post-apartheid situation. A mathematical proof of why MEPLAN was discarded is provided. The strengths and weaknesses of both MEPLAN and EMME/2 are recorded. === South Africa