East Midlands Gateway Model

Model Overview

The East Midlands Gateway Model was developed by SYSTRA in 2017to provide a replacement for the Derby and Nottingham Transport Models which were also created by SYSTRA. The model covers a significant area of the East Midlands including the core catchment areas of the cities of Derby and Nottingham and the northern parts of Leicestershire.

The Gateway modelling suite is a multimodal transport model built following the guidance in TAG comprising of the following elements:

• SATURN Highway Model - incorporating all strategic and local through traffic routes and simulation of junction capacities
• CUBE Voyager Public Transport Model - Rail, Bus, NET and High Speed Rail modes
• Cube Variable Demand Model - including destination, mode choice, trip frequency and time of day responses predicted the changes in travel characteristics resulting from changes to transport conditions; and,
• Park and Ride Model – including Rail, LRT and Bus based P&R sites
• TRICs based Trip End Model - allows all significant developments to be individually modelled with growth toped up to Tempro levels.

Model Applications

Projects undertaken by SYSTRA using the East Midlands Gateway Model include;

• East Midlands Gateway Study – development of a multi-modal transport strategy aimed at maximising the growth potential arising from the arrival of HS2 in the East Midlands
• Derby and Nottingham Transforming Cities Bid – modelling and economics for the successful £160 million funding application for a range of transport schemes including park and ride sites, rapid transit, bus priority, cycle and pedestrian schemes.
• Nottingham Express Transit (NET) Phase 3 Business Case – development of a Strategic Outline Business Case for three extensions of the NET system
• South Derby Levelling Up Fund – the preparation of a successful £50million Levelling Up fund business case and carbon assessments for a new junction on the A50 trunk road to enable a major employment/residential development to the south of Derby.
• Carbon Strategy Assessment – identification of the baseline transport carbon emissions of Nottingham City
• Local Plan Assessments – assessment of the transport impacts of Local Plan development proposals and identification of multi-modal mitigation strategies.
• Major Development Appraisals – The assessment of the impacts of major housing and employment sites.