Strategic use of traffic models in SUMP processes

More than thirty years ago, the Hanover Region developed a transport model that forms the foundation of its public transport planning. This model is regularly updated with the latest data to enable macroscopic analysis of transport networks and to support long-term strategic planning and demand forecasting. As a result, the model provides a reliable, demand-oriented basis for transportation (mobility) planning. It incorporates factors such as passenger volumes, settlement patterns, and travel purposes. In the current update, data from the new representive mobility study "Mobility in Germany" will also be integrated. A comprehensive revision is ongoing to integrate all components required for the SUMP into the traffic model, including also cycle traffic.

To this end, the data from the motorised private transport network and the traffic cells themselves are to be improved in order to better reflect the potential of public transport in comparison to motorised private transport. The planning data serves as a basis for evaluating the impact of the measures in the SUMP and for comparing them with each other. These results are then made available to citizens at events or in methodology reports. The results are also incorporated into the SUMP.

This further supports the SUMP process, allows feedback from the population to be collected and contributes to the creation of a best practice paper on the use of a traffic model in the SUMP process within the framework of UPPER.