Task 2

In an urban transport study, a city is divided into five zones as shown in Figure 1. The

summarized land use data is given in Table 1.

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Figure 1. Land area

Table 1. Land use data

Zone Residential unit Commercial land
use (m2)
1 7,000 6,000,000
2 22,000 400,000
3 30,000 300,000
4 25,000 300,000
5 25,000 300,000

Production rate of the residential unit is 2.2 trips per hour and attraction rate of the

commercial premises is 3.3 trips per 100 sq. meter floor area.

(a) Compute the production and attraction of each zone.

(b) Balance the production and the attraction.

(c) Compute O-D trip matrix for the city.

(d) Sketch the trip interchanges in the form of desire lines.