Digital Urban Simulation : Documentation of the Teaching Results from the Autumn Semester 2015

Choice - Difference between Status Quo & Lake Tunnel (Figure 9)
Choice - Difference between Status Quo & Lake Tunnel (Figure 9)
Choice Simulation - Status Quo vs. Lake Tunnel
Choice Simulation - Status Quo vs. Lake Tunnel
Closing the highway ring has quite some impact on the Choice vlaues in the city of Zurich. Choice is an indicator
for Closing how often the highway a segment ring is passed has quite if all the some shortest impact paths on between the Choice each values segment in are the evaluated. city of Zurich. In this Choice simulation
an indicator case the choice for how is therefor often a an segment indicator is for passed traffic density if all the and shortest visualizes paths on which between road segments each segment high trafic are
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density is expected.
evaluated. In this simulation case the choice is therefor an indicator for traffic density and visualizes on
which road segments high traffic density is expected.
The Lake Tunnel reduces the choice values in a high part of the the city center. Because the change in choice is
not obvious visible in figures 7 and 8, also here the choice result of the status quo scenario was substracted from
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mean a negative lower choice-difference in the Lake Tunnel value scenario which than indicates the that status the quo. Lake Tunnel functions as expected and
will likely reduce the traffic through the city. In figure 9, positive values mean higher choice in the Lake
Some Tunnel of scenario the streets than around in the status new highway quo scenario, will be chosen negative more values often. mean Therefor lower the choice main streets in the leading Lake Tunnel to the
new scenario highway than would in the probably status quo. need to be expanded and the highway junctions would need to be designed in an
optimal way to prevent traffic jams.
Some of the streets around the new highway will be chosen more often. Therefor the main streets
leading to the new highway would probably need to be expanded and the highway junctions would
need to be designed in an optimal way to prevent traffic jams.
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