MARS Metropolitan Activity Relocation Simulator

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MARS Metropolitan Activity Relocation Simulator
Institute for Transport Planning and Traffic
Engineering Vienna University of Technology
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CONTENTS

• 1. Decision making process in land use and
  transport planning
• 2. Metropolitan Activity Relocation Simulator -
  MARS
• VBA vs. Vensim
• MARS MARS FS Decision Makers Tool
• 5. Conclusions

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DECISION MAKING PROCESS in land use and
transportation planning
Model environment
Can the objectives/targetsbe met?
no
yes
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MARS LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION MODEL
MARS (Metropolitan Activity Relocation Simulator)
is an integrated strategic and dynamic land-use
and transport (LUTI) model. The basic underlying
hypothesis of MARS is that settlements and
activities within them are self-organizing
systems. The development of MARS started in the
year 2000.
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VBA vs. VENSIM

• Vensim is a system dynamics visual modelling
  tool that allows to
• conceptualize,
• document,
• simulate,
• analyze,
• optimize and
• thoroughly explore the behaviour of the model.

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MARS MARS FS
TOUR MARS FS CLICK
TOUR MODEL CLICK
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MARS Output GIS (1)
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MARS Output GIS (2) example for future use
AniMap interactive displays animated
spatio-temporal information with open-source
software and open standards (Web server, PHP,
MySQL, Internet Explorer, XML_SVG). Darstellung
von Zeitreihen räumlicher Daten mittels
WebMapping, CORP 2004, Hocevar, Lunak, Riedl TU
Vienna, Department of Spatial Development,
Infrastructure Environmental Planning
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Observations

• MARS FS as a decision support tool has been used
  in 2 workshops in Thailand
• It was found easy to navigate
• Causes-tree tool was found extremely useful to
  understand the behaviour of the model
• Possibility to work interactively with the model
  and test each policy instrument individually
• Explore synergetic effects of policy combinations
• Outputs as graphs or tables, and exporting
  function
• Minor criticism was the list of pre-prepared
  indicators

Conclusions
MARS is designed to be used by experts to explore
the interactions of land use and transport. MARS
FS is a graphical user interface for an easy
access to the MARS model.
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