Reserve capacity model based on variable demand for land-use development control

In this paper, the concept of reserve capacity has been extended to zone level to measure the land-use development potentiality of each trip generation zone. Bi-level programing models are proposed to determine the signal setting of individual intersections for maximizing possible increase in total travel demand and the corresponding reserve capacity for each zone. The change of the origin–destination pattern with the variation of upper level decision variables is presented through the combined distribution/assignment model under user equilibrium conditions. Both singly constrained and doubly constrained combined models are considered for different trip purposes and data information. Furthermore, we have introduced the continuous network design problem by increasing road capacity and examined its effect on the land-use development potentiality of trip generation zone. A numerical example is presented to illustrate the application of the models and how a genetic algorithm is applied to solve the problem.