Transport system planning

The planning of a well-functioning transport system needs to be based on long-term analyses with a holistic perspective. This requires strategic planning of our future transport system, such as action planning, policy selection and infrastructure design. To support this, VTI develops quantitative methods for producing decision-making data for the planning process.

The goal of transport system planning is to create environmentally and socially sustainable transport systems that are safe and cost-effective in the long term. At VTI, we work with methods for quantitative descriptions, analyses and forecasts of transportation that provide decision-making data for the planning of the future transport system.

Our research in this area concerns planning at both national and regional and local levels, as well as coordination between traffic and maintenance. We provide cross-modal data for calculating marginal costs, time valuations and social benefits. Since planning is done in the long term, the issues concern both the existing and future characteristics of the transport system such as electrification and automation. The research results are used to guide national and international planning processes.

Examples of project areas:

• Future scenarios and forecasts
• Data for socio-economic benefit calculations and impact analyses of measures and policies with a focus on long-term effects
• Multimodal traffic allocation
• Travel generation, destination-, mode- and route-choice studies
• Design of interchange points in public transport
• Design of infrastructure solutions.