Sinclair Knight Merz carried out the model development and option testing for intermediate modes schemes in Barking, Romford and Greenwich Waterfront in East London on behalf of joint clients London Transport and local authorities.
These schemes arose from studies undertaken by the client in response to growing demand from London Boroughs for local light rail schemes. The schemes aimed to identify appropriate technology options, ranging from improved bus services to full light rail schemes.
The model developed by Sinclair Knight Merz was capable of forecasting the demand for and the benefits accruing from the intermediate modes schemes including:
- the transfer of existing public transport demand to the new service
- the transfer from private transport as a result of the new service and accompanying traffic management measures
- any external effects on the service as necessary.
This was addressed with a flexible model structure, which included the refinement of an existing EMME/2 based Public Transport Model, the development of appropriate interfaces with a SATURN Highway Model and the building of an incremental mode split and trip generation model.