A System Dynamics Approach for Evaluating Policies on Prioritizing Public Transportation

Abstract

This paper provides a modeling framework based on the system dynamics approach by which policy makers can understand the dynamic and complex nature of the policies on prioritizing public transportation within a transportation socioeconomic system. Since the government has implemented the policies on prioritizing public transportation, a framework that helps policy makers to understand the impacts of such policies is currently quite relevant. Within this framework, 6 basic subsystems: population, economic development, environmental influence, public transport development, private cars development and priority polices, focuses on the short-and long-term system behaviors.