Question

TRP 530 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

PROBLEM 1

A small city has three residential areas R1, R2, and R3 with 2500, 2000, and 3500 workers respectively. It also has two employment zones E1 and E2 with 3000 and 5000 job opportunities. The inter-zonal travel time matrix by auto in minutes is given below. Using the Potential Model, compute (a) the actual zonal accessibility values, and (b) the relative zonal accessibility of the residential zones assuming the travel time exponent b=1.0.

Inter zonal Travel Time Matrix Destination Zone (j)

Origin Zone (i)	1	2
1	12	14
2	9	11
3	8	10

Answer 1