1 MODELLING JOINT DEVELOPMENT OF LAND USE AND LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT STATIONS: THE CASE OF TEL AVIV Submitted to the 45th Congress of the European Regional Science Association "Land Use and Water Management in a Sustainable Network Society"

This paper presents findings from a study conducted on LRT surroundings in Tel Aviv, in which land use attributes were explicitly calibrated in travel rates models and forecasts. These land use variables were then tested on several land use development policies, in terms of population density and employment distribution. This simulation of various land use policies on the same site enhances the understanding of the land use–transportation interaction. The current findings strongly suggest that the zone’s density and diversity of land uses can play a major role in determining its trip generation patterns. Factors such as population density, job density, the proximity of one’s residence to the workplace and dependency ratio all have the ability to influence daily trip generation trend. The contributions of the two suggested processes – a combination of model calibration and land use simulations- is a proposed applicable trip generation model, which includes land use variables, and an insight into land patterns and policies which have the greatest influence on daily metropolitan trips