This report presents the new version of the Mobility Explorer (version 5.0). The Mobility Explorer is a strategic, medium term (2 till 15 years) transport forecasting model that can be used on a national and a regional scale in the Netherlands. In total twelve main influencing factors have been distinguished which are understood to determine mobility developments in the Netherlands. These factors are: demography, car ownership, employment, national income, private income, variable car costs, the length of the motorway network, average journey time development for both cars and public transport, public transport fares, fiscal policy, and fixed car taxes. For passenger transport the output is the average daily transport demand of the total Dutch population for the following modes: car driver, car passenger, train, rural transport, urban transport, and slow transport. An additional feature is to make selections for trip purpose, working and non-working day, peak and non-peak hours and the average traffic volumes per road type. For freight transport the output is limited to the average yearly volume of ton kilometres on the Dutch road network. In version 5.0, a new user interface has been developed and the base year is updated towards 1997. A main innovation is that it is now possible to evaluate mobility developments and transport policy on its impact on financial expenditures and income for the central government. See also ITRD 853138, 867126 and 880119.
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