Multimodal Systems Design with Network Interactions

人们对多式联运以支持城市机动性的兴趣与日俱增。自2000-2001年以来，加拿大政府在与公共交通有关的联邦基础设施上投资了50多亿美元，并将公共交通确定为建设加拿大基金下的五个国家优先事项之一。然而，尽管移动技术和替代多式联运业务模式(如Zipcar、SF Park等初创公司)不断增长，许多公共交通机构仍在使用最传统的系统和替代方案进行规划和运营。这是因为计算机模型不能回答，例如，如果市中心的停车设施费用或Zipcar费率被补贴10%，汽车、交通工具和自行车的流量将如何变化？

There is an increasing interest in multimodal transportation to support urban mobility. The Government of Canada invested over $5 billion in federal public transit-related infrastructure since 2000-2001, and has identified public transit as one of five national priorities under the Building Canada Fund. Yet, many public transport agencies continue to plan and operate using the most conventional systems and alternatives, despite the growth in mobile technologies and alternative multimodal transport business models (e.g. startups like Zipcar, SF Park). This is because computer models cannot answer, for example, "How would the flow of cars, transit, and bikes shift if parking facility fees or Zipcar rates in downtown were subsidized by 10%?"