Updating the transport model for the Canton of Berne

Updating the traffic model for the Canton of Berne

The last update of the model - with the base status 2019 and the forecast horizon 2040 - was completed in spring 2023. Accordingly, the next update is planned for the 2025 baseline.

To ensure that the model remains a reliable and meaningful planning tool, it must be updated periodically to reflect changes in the network, settlement and demand conditions. The need for updating relates both to the recalibration of the changed actual state and to the adjustment of the assumptions in the forecast states. The update offers the opportunity to implement improvements in terms of content (e.g. refinement and updating of zone and connection density, optimisation of procedures) and to develop new model versions that have been desired for some time. This increases the attractiveness and acceptance of the GMM BE and promotes its wider use.

The model is operated with the VISUM software.