MODELO-Rad

The simulation tool is addressed to the municipal administration, engineering offices and all actors involved in cycling planning and cycling promotion. In order to develop a tool that is most practical and usable in a variety of ways, requirements are collected from the participating practice partners, which are taken into account in the development of the simulation tool as well as the associated model. In this way, cycling planning and cycling promotion can be supported in the following tasks: - Decision support for bike route/infrastructure alignment alternatives being planned (identification of alternative to minimize travel time, power requirements, etc.); - Identification of optimization needs for existing and planned bicycle routes/infrastructure in terms of time loss, performance, and safety - Area-wide evaluation of bicycle infrastructure and identification of sections with potential for improvement (high performance needs, large travel time losses, etc.); - Estimation of bicycle travel times for travel time comparisons with other transportation modes; and - Determination of the effect of infrastucture gap closures and expansion measures in the cycling network on travel time and performance requirements as a basis for cost-benefit considerations By using the simulation, the perspective of cyclists can represent a quality grade in planning and evaluating cycling infrastructure. For this purpose, the tool can be used flexibly for already existing or future infrastructure and can be useful for the consideration of single infrastructure elements up to municipal and supraregional cycling networks. Furthermore, a standardization of the planning processes based on the uniform impact variables of cycling provided by the tool becomes possible.

Our associated project partners are the City of Karlsruhe, City of Offenburg, City of Lahr, and "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fahrrad- und Fußgängerfreundliche Kommunen Baden-Württemberg e.V." (agfk-BW).